An Foclóir Nua Gaeilge, the new monolingual Irish dictionary, "has the potential to transform the teaching and learning of Irish at all levels." ...

County Dublin natives Derek Ó Briain and Eoghan Mac Mathúna are part of a team behind a groundbreaking new monolingual […] ...

The new Irish language commissioner has said he will “steer clear of anything” rap trio Kneecap do, claiming they can be used as an example of the Irish language being “weaponised”. Pól Deeds, the ...

A new policy and a plan to strengthen the teaching, learning and use of Irish language in schools has been announced. Minister for Education and Youth Helen McEntee unveiled the policy for ...

The Irish language has been a central part of President Catherine Connolly's political life and of her election campaign for the presidency. When she initially decided to run, her first public ...

Seven thousand Irish-language activists took to the streets of Belfast earlier in May to lobby for the implementation of an Irish language act which has been denied them since it was promised in the ...

Ireland is finally taking ownership of its native tongue. We are acknowledging that our cultural identity is fite fuaite – interwoven with the words we use and the world they shape. Making Irish the ...

“For any language to survive, it has to be culturally present.” That’s how Colm Bairéad, whose devastating first feature, “The Quiet Girl” (An Cailín Ciúin), is the first Irish-language production to ...

It’s an increasingly common statement, proudly announced on T-shirts and badges — a significant skill that may even nudge Catherine Connolly closer to the Áras today. It often makes me want to ask a ...

After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish migration took a definitive turn in the late 1980s, when the Irish diaspora started to come home. Maebh Walsh was one of those who returned. The 49-year-old ...