The Net Visionary Awards will be announced on Thursday, May 20, at an awards ceremony to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin.

‘Abair Leat’, an interactive website aimed at supporting the oral Irish syllabus in post-primary schools, will be piloted initially in 14 schools.

GAELSCOILEANNA TEO has announced dates for Scléip! 2010, the national talent competition for Irish-medium and Gaeltacht post-primary schools.

Irish medium post-primary school Colaiste na Coiribe will not be able to accept new students until 2017, unless funding for a new school is secured.

Dhá phictiúrleabhar nua do pháistí óga le Eric Hill, Valerie Thomas agus Korky Paul.

Ads have appeared for the post of director of Rannán Seirbhisí Aistriúcháin, a new translation unit which will produce Irish versions of secondary legislation.

“Change is needed, firstly in the attitude of the Department of Education, and then in all aspects of the teaching of Irish in English-medium schools.”

The Irish Government spends €700,000 a year on grants to third-level institutions abroad to promote Irish language and culture internationally.

Launched last week in An Chultúrlann, Belfast, www.talkirish.com allows teachers, speakers and learners of Irish to get together to chat in Irish.

The Irish Government has established an awards programme to fund Irish language teachers and professors to spend time in Canadian universities…

Dhá leabhar nuafhoilsithe do pháistí 6 bliana+: ‘Vera agus a Veidhlín’ le Máire Breatnach agus ‘Marcella ar Saoire Ghrá’ le Brighid McLaughlin.

Raidió Rí-Rá is the first Irish-language radio chart-station for young people and it will broadcast live on air in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick.

Irish has joined the 80 or so languages worldwide - out of a total of 7,000 - which enjoy the luxury of predictive texting from mobile phones.

Conradh na Gaeilge has called on the Government to rescind the 0044/2007 circular which bans early total immersion education in Irish-medium schools.

Dhá leabhar nuafhoilsithe do pháistí 8 mbliana+ le Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin agus Máire Breatnach.

Over 100 post primary students attended a seminar on Irish Language Technologies held in Áras Inis Gluaire, Béal an Mhuirthead, Co Mayo.

“This is a grass-roots, demand-led movement and anyone who wants to be part of it is welcome,” said Donall O Conaill, Director of Foras Patrunachta.

This bilingual book discusses the background to the founding of TG4, its language policy, the specific challenges of broadcasting in Irish…

There has been a sharp rise in the number of exemptions from studying Irish, with 6,576 Irish-born students gaining exemptions in the last school year.

Gaelscoileanna Teo, the national co-ordinating body for schools teaching through the medium of Irish, has welcomed the opening of four new schools.