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Gaeilge

Last week
20th April 2025 - 26th April 2025
Individual arrested by police for speaking Irish during protest in Berlin
This month
April 2025
Road signs to be updated to reflect the proper Irish name for Dublin's new 'Town of Softies'
Last month
March 2025
Government to oppose motion for students to have a right to education through Irish
February
February 2025
Irish language to be used in Northern Ireland courts after repeal of centuries-old ban
€3.2m in funding approved for re-development of Conradh Na Gaeilge as a cultural hub in Dublin
Quiz: Can you finish these well-known Irish phrases?
Can you speak Irish?
Ceann Comhairle asks Taoiseach to 'review' remark that Mary Lou McDonald was 'ag insint bréaga'
'He called me a liar': Verona Murphy's lack of Irish called into question in heated Dáil exchange
Dublin children protest outside Leinster House demanding Irish speaking secondary school
This year
2025
Most of the Irish-language Wikipedia was written by editors who did not speak Irish
Last year
2024
Number of secondary pupils given Irish exemptions has almost doubled since before the pandemic
One in every 20 pupils was exempt from learning the language last year.
Bilingual packaging is one thing the parties agree on after four-year Canada-inspired campaign
CBS Synge Street was unaware Minister greenlit Gaelscoil plan until day before announcement
Kneecap film set to surpass €1 million at the box office today
Irish language at 'crisis point' after 2024 sees record number of pupils opt out of Leaving Cert exam
Parenting: My daughter going to the Gaeltacht was a real lesson in letting go as a parent
Margaret Lynch
Cad a dhéanann an tAontas Eorpach? Agus cad is féidir leis a reachtú agus a rialú?
Debunked: Posts ‘as Gaeilge’ among more than 100 scam ads featuring presenter Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh
Irish language group says it won't pay €6,686 water bill over English language correspondence
Simon Harris plans to take Irish lessons to 'brush up' ahead of becoming Taoiseach
Stormont’s DUP education minister says Irish should be shared language for everybody in North
Síle Seoige responds to 'gaslighting' talk show apology over comments about the Irish language
Irish: It's not cool to just tear down our beautiful, native Gaeilge
Caolán Mac Grianna
FactCheck: Are there only 16,000 'natural' Irish speakers?
Ivan Yates doubles down on his comments about the Irish language
Teachers say reintroduction of teaching-through-Irish allowance 'would make a massive difference'
'It's a real inequality': Educators call for teaching-through-Irish allowance to be reintroduced
The allowance was suspended in 2012 for any newly qualified teachers.
All time
'It's been a huge labour of love': Garry Bannister on his 700,000-entry Irish-English thesaurus
'It shows the irony': Irish speaker on using Gaeilge to confront anti-immigrant protesters
Quiz: Do you know the names of these things as Gaeilge?
Poll: Do you speak Irish?
Quiz: How much do you know about the Irish language?
Glanbia criticised for misspelling Irish word in new name rebranding
Families from Limerick and Meath win rent free accommodation on Inis Meáin for school-year
Scheme to house a family on Inis Meáin for a year generating 'huge' interest
The Good Information Podcast: The Irish language - how we can help it to thrive
NI language legislation to be introduced at Westminster if Stormont fails, MP says
Poll: Would you like to speak more Irish in your daily life?
Open Thread: How has your relationship with the Irish language evolved?