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Irish language

Last week
23rd March 2025 - 29th March 2025
Belfast’s recently opened Grand Central Station to get Irish language signage soon
Last month
March 2025
Government to oppose motion for students to have a right to education through Irish
This year
2025
Irish language to be used in Northern Ireland courts after repeal of centuries-old ban
Poll: Should teachers who pass Irish tests get paid more?
Synge Street CBS: Controversial switch to Gaelcholáiste won't go ahead in 2026, school says
Ceann Comhairle asks Taoiseach to 'review' remark that Mary Lou McDonald was 'ag insint bréaga'
Explainer: Who called who a liar in the Dáil yesterday? And in what language?
'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
Conradh na Gaeilge 'bitterly disappointed' by cross-border Irish language funding cuts
Most of the Irish-language Wikipedia was written by editors who did not speak Irish
Last year
2024
Tributes continue to Gearóid Ó Cairealláin, Irish language activist and father of Kneecap star
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
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The Explainer: Who are Kneecap?
Arts writer and Sunday Times columnist Aoife Barry joins us to explore the world of Kneecap. The bilingual hip hop trio are surging in popularity, changing attitudes towards the Irish language while drawing both praise and consternation (depending on which Northern Irish tradition you talk to) along the way.
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MEP Sean Kelly looks for equality for the Irish language in European Parliament
The Gaeltacht housing crisis: 'People can't buy houses or get planning permission and there are few places to rent'
Activists in Berlin told to stop speaking Irish at Palestine solidarity event at Reichstag Building
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
FactCheck: Are there only 16,000 'natural' Irish speakers?
Irish language activists and politicians protest at the Dáil over 'Gaeltacht housing crisis'
Ivan Yates doubles down on his comments about the Irish language
Kneecap win award with first Irish language film ever to premiere at Sundance Film Festival
'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
European Commission: 'No evidence' that far-right used Irish language online during riots
Síneadh fada in Irish names to be protected by law when dealing with public bodies
'It's been a huge labour of love': Garry Bannister on his 700,000-entry Irish-English thesaurus
Poll: Do you speak Irish?
Tesco removes incorrect sign as Gaeilge in new Galway shop following complaint
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The Good Information Podcast: The Irish language - how we can help it to thrive
Most people want to speak and hear the language, so whose responsibility is it to help it grow?
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Thousands take part in Belfast march in support of Irish Language Act
An Cailín Ciúin: 'It shows an Irish language film can speak to people - it seems foolish to think it couldn't'
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The Explainer: Is there a significant revival of the Irish language underway?
Listen here for a discussion on how interest sa Ghaeilge is flourishing, and how the State can harness that.
31m
'The European Union is more faithful to the Irish language than the Irish state is'
Tráth na gCeist: How much do you know about the current state of the Irish language?
FactFind: Less than 2% speak Irish daily. How does that compare with other EU minority languages?
What's behind 'cultural apartheid' claims about Irish-language housing at Queen's University?
Cad atá taobh thiar de na éilimh 'cultural apartheid' faoi scéim cónaithe lán-Gaeilge in Ollscoil na Banríona
Open Newsroom: Can the EU help to grow the Irish language?