Teachers’ overall standards of Irish language fluency in English-medium schools are “not what they should be” to support the primary language curriculum, school inspectors have found. The finding is ...

“Can I say: I drink gin and tonics and eat chocolates?” says retiree Pauline McHale when her class is asked to explain, as Gaeilge, what a typical work day entails. She was one of seven adults ranging ...

A recent review found mixed views on whether Irish should remain as a compulsory subject up to Leaving Cert level or not. The proposal came as part of a wide-ranging debate on the topic at National ...

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Don't think it's possible to learn Irish outside of Ireland? Think again! Investigative journalism site City Limits recently visited Glucksman Ireland House, back in 2019, in New York City to learn ...

Catherine Clinch plays Cáit in the Irish language film “An Cailín Ciúin” (”The Quiet Girl”). Ireland is famous for its literary output, claiming four Nobel laureates in literature and countless other ...

Analysis: By the mid-13th century, the "English-Irish" had already begun to be assimilated in the native culture The question of national identity in Ireland is one which has a long and complicated ...

Rhetoric opposing the Irish language has "emboldened" vandals to attack bilingual street signs, an Irish language campaigner has said. Conchúr Ó Muadaigh from Conradh na Gaeilge (the Gaelic League) ...