Cheryl Fergison has developed a deep affection for Ireland while filming in the Emerald Isle, so much so that she’s happily ...

A health trust apologises to a deaf couple for the distress caused after they were left without a British Sign Language ...

People of my age have lived long enough to see the English language spoken and written in ways that were little short of hanging offences in ...

While most teachers demonstrated a good standard of spoken Irish during inspections of Irish, 'some teachers struggled to use ...

President Catherine Connolly has attended her first public events since her inauguration, telling children at a Dublin gaelscoil that the Irish language is “a gift.” Ms Connolly visited Gaelscoil Inse ...

Let’s face it, folks: Ireland now has three official languages, not two, and it’s time we adjusted the Constitution accordingly. No more than myself, you too are probably sick of referendums, but ...

Jill Vaughan receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Endangered Languages Documentation Programme. Josef Noel Tye serves on the Yorta Yorta Traditional Owner Land Management ...

Northern Irish hip hop trio Kneecap have been making waves, not just as musicians, but as language activists who rap in both English and their native Irish. In Belfast’s Gaeltacht Quarter, Irish is a ...

A new policy and a plan to strengthen the teaching, learning and use of Irish language in schools has been announced. Minister for Education and Youth Helen McEntee unveiled the policy for ...

Stormont has spent two decades arguing over Irish language legislation. A language and identity Act was eventually passed in 2022 and the final milestone in its implementation was reached last week, ...

What does your language mean to you? Identity, culture, self expression - these are some of the reasons language speakers are determined to speak and maintain their native tongue, and the thousands of ...

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