Gaelic development body Bord na Gaidhlig (BnG) welcomed the publication of the plan.

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Firmus is owned by Irish state company Bord Gais, and supplies gas to about 20, 000 homes and businesses across NI.

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The energy division of Bord Gais and some parts of ESB, the state electricity company, are all likely to go up for sale.

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In Ireland, Aldi sold a Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) approved Oakhurst 100% Irish beefburger eight pack, which has been withdrawn from sale.

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Nature has a more restorative presence in "The Wind Will Carry Us" ("Bad ma ra khahad bord, " 1999), also about the beauty of life in the shadow of death.

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Phoenix is owned by private equity giant Terra Firma - the sort of firm that might be able to afford the likely one billion euro plus pricetag for Bord Gais Energy.

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He confirmed that his organisation had met the Tourism Response Group which consists of key players such as Bord Failte, and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board to discuss plans for the coming months.

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And Bord Gais also owns the gas transmission pipelines to the northwest and south which are not affected, but the distribution network to the 10 towns feeding off those pipelines is part of the likely sale.

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Under , the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 Bord na Gaidhlig was required to prepare and submit to Scottish ministers a national Gaelic language plan which must include proposals as to the exercise of its functions under that Act.

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