Irish Language

Todhchaí na teanga ar líne

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

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Are gaelscoileanna anti-immigrant?

“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.

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TG4@10: Deich mBliana de TG4 - Ten Years of TG4

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

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Thousands of students exempted from 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.

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New Irish-medium schools

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

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Threat of High Court action against all-Irish school

The row over the all-Irish policy in a post-primary community school has caused divisions in the west Kerry Gaeltacht community.

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Department accused of “falling down on the job”

The Irish Language Commissioner’s annual report has revealed that 27 subjects on the secondary school curriculum are not available through Irish.

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