Students in Dublin hold up an Irish language badge that they designed to encourage young people to speak Irish, the national languageAndy Rain / EPA After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish ...
Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...
Protestors outside the High Court in Belfast in February 2017 calling for an Irish Language Act. Niall Carson/PA Wire One of the central sticking points of the talks is the Irish language – also known ...
Cultúr2026: Sharing Ireland’s Culture is Ireland’s culture programme for its upcoming Presidency of the Council of the ...
Linda Ervine sits on a replica of the ancient stone chair used to inaugurate the Gaelic Chieftains of Clandeboye in Northern Ireland. Ervine, founder of Northern Ireland's first integrated Irish ...
The Irish language gained full official and working status in the European Union on Saturday, culminating a derogation arrangement that has been in place since 2007, the government of Ireland ...
People in the Republic learn Irish "to pass exams" but in Northern Ireland they are motivated by the love of it, an official study has found. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said the ...
In Northern Ireland, learning a second language is not a statutory part of the primary school curriculum. shutterstock In Northern Ireland, pupils must only learn a language between the ages of 11 and ...