Bilingual Brendan Behan and the bards of Glasnevin
As the celebrated Dublin writer’s anniversary falls within Seachtain na Gaeilge, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire salutes his work in the Irish language
Gaeilge
Subtitles would bring TG4 to the next level
Irish-language station has been knocking it out of the park
How to stay cool, calm and collected for your Leaving Cert language oral
With language orals, there is a lot of information to remember before you even greet the examiner
Fearmhíniú (mansplaining), báinín (flat white) and other Irish words for modern life
As technology and culture evolve, the Irish language continues to generate new vocabulary
‘Growing up I thought Ireland was boring. When I moved to the US that changed’
Molly Nic Céile creates Irish language videos for her Gaeilge i mo Chroí channels and teaches at the Irish Arts Centre in Manhattan
Multilingual families: ‘Many still feel pressure to leave parts of themselves at the door’
More than 70 languages are spoken in Ireland and the Mother Tongues festival is helping pass them on to the next generation
Just the right word – as Gaeilge
In praise of President Catherine Connolly’s preference for our native tongue
Protest urging new Dublin city Gaelcholáiste draws 100 young pupils
Gaelscoil principal very concerned as there is ‘no master plan, timeline and virtual images’ for development of building
Campaigners warn Irish language action plan may fail to meet public service targets
Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026-2028 is the first of two implementation plans to be implemented by 2030.
Irish language to have equal status with English during Irish EU presidency
Government says critical information will be published simultaneously in Irish and English where feasible
Rónán Ó Snodaigh of Kíla: ‘When I was young the trend was to shut Gaeilge, nationalism and patriotism down’
The musician on growing up a Gaeilgeoir in ‘enemy territory’, deliberately couching his English in a Dublin vernacular, and his anti-arrogant approach to playing music
Seán Mac Mathúna, award-winning writer in Irish and English, dies aged 89
Writer’s play The Winter Thief, set in Kerry in during the War of Independence, won the Bank of Ireland Award
Children with dyslexia ‘denied’ chance to learn Irish due to lack of support in schools
Wexford parent says there is a sense of the Irish language ‘not being all that important, so you can opt out’
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Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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