Tag: irish
Welsh and Irish Unite in Song
On World Translation Day (Monday, September 30, 2024) members of Wales’s largest youth organization, Urdd Gobaith Cymru, and Irish youth project TG Lurgan joined...
Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Welsh Included in King Charles’ Coronation
For the first time in history, the traditional languages spoken in the four home nations of the UK will become part of a coronation...
A Breakthrough Moment for Irish-Language Filmmaking
As the announcement of the 2023 Oscar nominations approached, the creators of Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl) celebrated a “breakthrough” moment...
Irish Schools Double in Northern Ireland
Irish-language education has undergone “unbelievable growth” over the past decade but resources are needed to fund development, according to language activists, after plans published...
Irish Gains Full EU Status
The derogation of the status of the Irish language in European Union (EU) institutions ended on 31 December 2021 and its status is now...
Irish Revival Stalls
Irish language fluency was a requirement for anyone appointed to civil service positions in the Republic of Ireland until the Language Freedom Movement in...
Belfast Protest for Irish Language Rights
Irish language speakers and activists took to the streets of Belfast on Saturday in protest over what has been described as the government’s “failure”...
