Stories about the Irish language
An Irish language commissioner, an Ulster Scots commissioner and an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression have just been appointed, a classic three legged stool
We are well used in this country to visitors outdoing us in the performative aspects of Irishness
President-elect plans to ‘bring in Irish from the margins’ amid other priorities including disability
About €19 million was spent on Irish language advertising by 397 public bodies and companies last year
Research Lives: Seoda Ní Chaoimh, research master’s student at the University of Limerick
Owen talks about her marriage to a Galwegian, the Irish phrases that were common in her Cumbrian childhood, and her daunting Irish-speaking debut with Michael D Higgins
Conradh na Gaeilge asked for judicial review over lack of progress on initiative agreed in 2006
Irish Times opinion poll features ‘speaks Irish’ as a choice for ‘most important’ value in presidential candidate for first time
The PSNI describes it as ‘hate-motivated criminal damage’, while a TUV member calls it ‘probably the most predictable crime in Northern Ireland’
Fiddle player, sean nós singer and presenter Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up speaking Irish in Dublin, her hit podcast How to Gael, and her new show about Irish womanhood
A row over Irish language signs in a leafy part of east Belfast taps into deeper divisions
Concerns remain about Foras na Gaeilge’s cross-Border funding model
Ireland has lost a communicator of rare talent
Chatbots inability to grasp Irish underscores gaps in AI systems
Growing numbers of adults who have moved to Ireland from overseas are choosing to learn Irish
During the 2011 general election campaign, the leaders of the three main parties debated in Irish. That can’t happen now
Demonstrators want action on housing and education, look for help in next month’s budget
Singer-songwriter Morgan MacIntyre - aka Morgana - on the Irish language, moving across the Border and her new single
Manchán Magan has set out to collate as many weather words in Irish as he can. Bear in mind that it will rain hard if a leprechaun of the ditch comes into the kitchen
Report examines operation of all cross-border bodies set up by the Belfast Agreement
Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire
Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October
Class of 2025 is largest group to sit the Leaving Cert for the first time - which may impact CAO
The playwright Seán O’Casey was the first person that Ó Briain spoke Irish with
Recognition of Catalan as official EU language would buy Pedro Sánchez breathing space during domestic crisis
The new Laureate for Irish Fiction on language, grief and how reading a book as Gaeilge isn’t as hard as you think
The schedule is split between classes, social events, cultural evenings and getting to know the area
More adult Irish language students from Ireland and overseas are signing up for courses in Gaeltacht areas
High Court allows retired Donegal sergeant to take case to have his Gaeltacht allowance restored over claim of losses to pension
For the Icelandic musician A Dawning is not a project about death so much as an outpouring of joy and an acknowledgment of the preciousness of life
In the News podcast: Irish language campaigners say the lack of housing and oversupply of holiday homes in Gaeltacht areas is displacing native speakers from their home counties
A consequence of the housing crisis is that it is accelerating the decline of the Irish language
Sharon Osbourne and Fox News respond as Kneecap spark controversy at Coachella with anti-Israel message
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says installation of signage is ‘clearly a controversial matter’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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