Gaelturas - a new enterprise
During the course of Irish culture, people have carried traditions through to new generations, one of those doing that now is Doimnic Mac Giolla Bhríde. In 2013, Doimnic and his colleague Cormac Ó...
View ArticlePolice officer who forgot to include Ulster-Scots in multilingual New Year...
A PSNI officer is expecting to be reported to the Police Ombudsman after he forgot to include Ulster-Scots in a multilingual New Year's message to the public. The unnamed officer sparked some abuse on...
View ArticleGabh chuig Goitse!
Bunaíodh Goitse i 2010 mar pháipéar míosúil áitiúil Thír Chonaill, ach cuireadh deireadh leis i mí an Mheithimh 2011 mar gheall ar easpa maoinithe. Cuireadh feachtas ar bonn ar na mallaibh chun an...
View ArticleEQUAL BILLING FOR GAELIC
* It's a shame that Liam Fay does not understand how important the public use of Gaeilge is, especially in the spelling of place names on road signs. For many, these signs form the only engagement...
View ArticleThe surprising people speaking up for Irish
THE resignation of the Irish-language commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, is “undoubtedly the worst blow to the Irish language in many years,” say Irish-language group, Conradh na Gaeilge. Ó Cuirreáin,...
View ArticleScéal eile in Albain
Agus mise in Albain ar na mallaibh, casadh leabhar beag gleoiteach i mo shlí: ‘Treasures’, foilsithe ag Iontabhas Leabhar na hAlban mar chuid de ‘Seachtain Leabhar na hAlban’. Tugadh níos mó na...
View ArticleÓglaigh na hÉireann
Sir, – Peadar Mac Maghnais (December 27th) raises an interesting point about our Army’s own usage of its correct and historic title, Óglaigh na hÉireann. For many years the Department of Defence in...
View ArticleOileán Mhanann – aiséirí an chultúir
Tá ullmhúcháin mhóra ar siúl ar Oileán Mhanann faoi láthair. Sheol Comhairle Ealaíon Mhanann “Oileán Cultúir 2014” i mí an Mhárta agus é d’aidhm aige ceiliúradh speisialta a dhéanamh ar chultúr...
View ArticleAinm in airde agus ar líne
Tá sé fógartha ag riarthóirí ainm.ie go bhfuil 10 mbeatha nua curtha leis an mbunachar beathaisnéise ar a bhfuil 1.3 milliún focal agus cuntas beatha ar 1,705 duine a raibh baint acu le saol na...
View ArticleTroid ar son chearta teanga
Is i Halla na Saoirse a thionólfar an cruinniú poiblí atá á eagrú ag Conradh na Gaeilge i mBaile Átha Cliath Dé Sathairn seo chugainn, 11 Eanáir, chun troid in aghaidh na hionsaithe atá á dhéanamh ag...
View ArticleRanganna Gaeilge an Earraigh
Cuirfear tús leis an gcéad shraith ranganna Gaeilge eile in Áras na nGael ar oíche Luain 27 Eanáir. Is féidir clárú ar líne ag www.arasnangael.ie. Beidh ranganna Gaeilge ar siúl i roinnt ionad eile ar...
View ArticleStop speaking in that language': Taxi driver accused of kicking out...
An Irishwoman has told of her horror after the man allegedly demanded that her group stop speaking as Gaeilge A Scottish taxi driver has been accused of kicking passengers out of his car after...
View ArticleRTE's Daithi O'Se jumps to the defence of an Irish tourist who alleges a...
RTE's Daithi O'Se jumps to the defence of an Irish tourist who alleges a Glasgow taxi driver refused to allow her friends speak Irish An Irish woman has claimed that the taxi driver, who has not been...
View ArticleRacism probe after Glasgow cabbie tells brothers to stop speaking Irish
A COUNCIL in Scotland is investigating a taxi company after a race discrimination complaint by an Irish speaker. Anthony Blair (20) and his brother Joe (22) were visiting their grandmother in Glasgow...
View ArticleCúnamh don bhéal triail
Tá cúrsa nua curtha le chéile ag Conradh na Gaeilge do mhic léinn atá ag déanamh scrúdú na hArdteistiméireachta agus atá ag iarraidh cur lena gcumas labhartha Gaeilge. Ar ndóigh tá tábhacht bhreise...
View ArticleLeading the field
In his football days Jimmy Deenihan was a tight-marking corner back who won five All-Ireland senior medals with his native Kerry. He was also an astute reader of the game who could deliver an...
View ArticleColáiste Chroí Mhuire
Located on the stunning coastline of Galway Bay, Coláiste Chroí Mhuire is a Gaeltacht school which welcomes students from Galway, Barna, Furbo, Spiddal, Inverin, Moycullen, and further afield to...
View ArticleGlasgow cabbie’s rage at brothers’ cupla focail
A student teacher who was forced to get out of a Glasgow taxi for speaking Irish says he had assured the driver he wasn’t talking about him. Anthony Blair (20) and his brother Joe (22) were in the...
View ArticleSinging astronaut Chris Hadfield to become Irish tourism ambassador
Astronaut Chris Hadfield - famous for singing David Bowie's Space Oddity in space - has become an "ambassador" for Irish tourism. The former International Space Station commander put Ireland on the...
View ArticleGaelscoil students to get new accommodation by September
Students at Gaelscoil Eadan Doire will begin the next school year in new school accommodation, the Offaly Independent can reveal. After a long wait work began last Monday on new school buildings for...
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