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Gaeilge
My son plans to drop higher-level Irish for the Leaving Cert. Is this a good idea?
Many students mistakenly believe they can score more CAO points by dropping ‘difficult’ subjects
Manchán Magan tributes: ‘He arrived in this life like a comet, ablaze with purpose’
Kneecap, Liam Ó Maonlaí, Kathy Scott and Seán Ronayne among the artists, musicians, writers and film-makers paying tribute to the late journalist, author and TV presenter
AI is smart, just don’t ask it to speak the Irish language
Chatbots inability to grasp Irish underscores gaps in AI systems
New arrivals to Ireland learning Irish: ‘I’m praying to St Patrick because he somehow learned this language’
Growing numbers of adults who have moved to Ireland from overseas are choosing to learn Irish
Morgana: ‘Rents are too high, it’s too expensive to live, but I will cling on to Ireland’
Singer-songwriter Morgan MacIntyre - aka Morgana - on the Irish language, moving across the Border and her new single
Ninety-nine words for rain in Irish: could it actually be true?
Manchán Magan has set out to collate as many weather words in Irish as he can. Bear in mind that it will rain hard if a leprechaun of the ditch comes into the kitchen
Deirdre Ní Choistín: ‘When TG4 was established, people said this is a waste of money’
Deirdre Ní Choistín, árd stiúrthóir of TG4, says the station is a key part of the current revival of the Irish language
‘Moving home to Ireland was the best thing I ever did, but I’ll always have this love of Denmark’
By selling out and taking on capitalistic values of the UK and US, we’re in danger of selling our birthright
Going to the Gaeltacht as an adult: All of the giddiness of a teenage trip with none of the awkwardness
The schedule is split between classes, social events, cultural evenings and getting to know the area
New Laureate for fiction Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: ‘I was part of a movement of women writers of Ireland’
The new Laureate for Irish Fiction on language, grief and how reading a book as Gaeilge isn’t as hard as you think
Grown-up Gaeltacht: ‘The week I spent in Ring - the people I met, the culture - was the best thing I could have done’
More adult Irish language students from Ireland and overseas are signing up for courses in Gaeltacht areas
Éagothroime rochtana ar an tríú leibhéal ina fadhb mhór fós
Tá táillí ollscoile i mbéal an phobail arís ach tá ceist níos bunúsaí ann ar gá aghaidh a thabhairt air
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on the best Irish language books of 2025 so far
Including a history of the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movements, a gem of a novel by Darach Ó Scolaí and Joe McHugh’s entertaining account of learning Irish
Droichead na beochana
Tá clár malartaithe nua ag cruthú ceangail idir beochantóirí Gaeilge agus Maoraise
Guth eile fós
Is é a dhála sin ag aon teanga eile é nach bhfuil istigh sa chlub, sa chumann, sa bhunaíocht uilechoiteann.
Manchán Magan: The deeper you dive into Icelandic culture, the more of Ireland you find
Why is there so little talk of Ireland’s role in the foundation of Iceland? If we in Ireland have distant cousins living just below the Arctic Circle, shouldn’t we spend some time getting to know them?
Steip: ‘Comhrá ceart idir an ceoltóir agus an daimhseoir’
Chuir Steip an Oireachtais cor i gcinniúint an damhsa ar an sean-nós
Work on Irish language signs in Belfast train station halted due to potential legal action
Plan for signs prompted dispute among Stormont Executive ministers
Plan to turn Synge Street CBS into Gaelcholáiste to proceed despite staff concerns
Teachers opposed to move amid concern over Irish language competency and impact on diverse school community
British government repeals penal-era law banning Irish language in courts
Move hailed as ‘major milestone’ towards comprehensive language rights for Irish speakers in North
My sister is the only woman from her secondary school class not living in Australia, and she emigrated to Switzerland
Dublin-born podcaster Doireann Ní Ghlacáin has learned to embrace her identity as a Gaelgeoir and fiddle-player, whether it’s hip or not
Protest at Dáil gates for Synge Street Gaelcholáiste
Students call on Minister for Education Helen McEntee to provide a timeline for promised Gaelcholáiste
Oifigigh an Fhorais ag breathnú ‘go grinn’ ar chostas scéim phinsin
Cruinniú beartaithe an tseachtain seo idir Foras na Gaeilge agus Dara Calleary chun an ghéarchéim a phlé.
Raidió Rí-Rá: stáisiún uaillmhianach don aos óg
Bunaíodh an stáisiún ceoil seo sa bhliain 2008 ach tá go leor athruithe déanta air le blianta beaga anuas.
Cáineadh géar déanta ar chiorruithe Fhoras na Gaeilge
Is ar an óige go díreach nó go hindíreach a dhírítear cuid de na scéimeanna is measa atá buailte.
Irish and NI governments called on to ‘urgently resolve’ Irish-language funding
Foras na Gaeilge announces funding cuts over €817,945 shortfall in this year’s budget
Ciorruithe tromchúiseacha fógartha ag Foras na Gaeilge
Ceanneagraíochtaí, Séala an Aistriúcháin agus obair ar an gCorpas Foclóireachta i measc na scéimeanna agus na dtionscadal a chaill maoiniú
‘Thig thugainn, thig co’ rium gu siar’
Thug Aela Ní Ghaoithín cuairt ar Shabhal Mòr Ostaig, an t-ionad náisiúnta do theanga agus do chultúr na Gàidhlige in Albain.
Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara: ‘We want to create leaders of the future ... to help create community’
Amid fundraising and civic duty, a sense of cameraderie is at the heart of Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara in Naas
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