A grassroots Gaeilge movement is growing around Ireland and a revival of sorts is happening in our towns and villages.

Every Thursday, I give God. I agonized over writing that sentence, the first in the college essay about studying Irish that I was convinced would determine my future. I was applying early decision to ...

Dyslexia Ireland CEO Rosie Bissett discusses Irish language exemptions, lack of resources and the need for better supports.

While Irish is a compulsory part of the school curriculum for primary and secondary school students in Ireland, other countries have no options for formal schooling or lessons in the Irish language ...

The responses showed that young people wanted to learn Irish and be able to speak the language, but that the current ...

DCU Sealbhú's consultation with students, parents, and teachers is timely given the upsurge of interest in Gaeilge evident in ...

“There is that sense of Irish not being all that important, so you can opt out,” he says, believing it is often the “first ...

Irish-language advocacy groups have given a mixed reaction to the contents of a new two-part Government policy on Irish in the education system. While welcoming some elements of the policy, patron ...

Noah Higgs hated learning Irish in school. He hated the way it was taught, overly formal and disconnected from ordinary people’s lives. Most of all he hated the effect the lessons had on his fellow ...

“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 ...