“A lot of Europhiles use similar logic to justify the stifling of Irish Gaelic.”
The Irish have the right to decide what language THEY want to speak in their own country.
Though in today’s world small countries almost have to be bilingual - their own native language and English. It’s the only way you can remain competitive. Look at the Scandinavian countries, pretty much everyone speaks their own language and English.
With all due respect, you’re implying that Ireland has autonomy under the EU. They do not. Before the EU leadership accumulated the power it now has, Irish language speaking was on the rise and the country passed the strongest anti-abortion laws any nation had; forty years later, under the EU sway the native language declined, and pro-abortion and pro-homosexual “marriage” laws passed in the form of constitutional amendments.