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Cúis bhuartha
Athrú ó bhonn ar chúrsaí maoinithe teanga a bheadh i gceist leis an chóras nua maoinithe. In áit eagras a mhaoiniú le hobair a dhéanamh in earnáil ar leith, is mian leis an fhoras conradh a bhronnadh...
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Chance for adults to learn cupla focal
With that in mind, a parent in Scoil Aonghusa school in Drogheda is starting a new course open to anyone who would like to start from scratch or just refresh themselves if it has been a while since...
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Pobal ag iarraidh ar dhaoine aighneacht a scríobh
Ta Pobal, scáthghrúpa na n-eagras Gaeilge ó thuaidh, ag iarraidh ar Ghaeilgeoirí ó thuaidh aighneacht a chur faoin Dréacht-Phlean Rialtais. Is foireann speisialta taobh istigh d'Oifig an Chéad-Aire...
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Deis protesters picket Department of Education
Though Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn has described as a “mistake” the announcement of cuts to Deis (Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools), and had ordered a review of the plan,...
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Suirbhé ar Athbhreithniú Acht na dTeangacha
Má cheapann tú go bhfuil cearta teanga tábhachtach, is é an 31 Eanáir an spriocdháta chun suirbhé a chomhlíonadh nó aighneacht a chur faoi bhráid na Roinne, i nGaeilge nó i mBéarla. Dar leis an...
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Dingle bilingual signs to end row
The signs will now read Dingle-Daingean Ui Chuis. The decision arises from legislation which officially gives the Gaeltacht town a bilingual name. Dingle publican Fergus O’Flaherty, chairman of a...
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Groups' school patrons move
County Cork Vocational Education Committee and An Foras Pátrúnachta have made expressions of interest to the Department of Education, which proposes to establish 14 second-level schools. Foilsithe ar...
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Diarmuid de Faoite on IFTA hopes and Town Hall Doubt
He has just been nominated for a Best Actor IFTA for his role in TG4’s Corp + Anam and he is about to take one of the leads in the Town Hall’s forthcoming production of John Patrick Shanley’s hit play...
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Gaelchultúr launches spring class schedule
Classes will take place in Dublin, Carlow, Cork, Limerick, Mullingar ans Sligo. The evening classes commence on February 6-9, and run for 12 weeks. The cost is €240 for the 12 classes and booking is...
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Mary pooh-poohs games
Bachelor auctions, blind-date competitions, codger makeovers and graffiti exhibitions are among the wheezes deployed to help transform the "cupla focal" into a more serviceable communal vocabulary....
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Irish classes a good move by Titanic campus
The class will be on Thursdays (7-9pm), starting the week beginning January 23. This is a great opportunity for people from the area. And, indeed, for people from further afield, to go along to an...
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Distinguished poet and translator who strived for 'true gentleness'
Some critics regard his early poems as his best, considering the later work to have diverged more and more into prose. By contrast, The Irish Times described him as “one of Ireland’s most inventive,...
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Encouraging slowdown in Gaeltacht job losses
Udaras na Gaeltachta -- the regional authority responsible for the economic and social development of the Gaeltacht -- said that despite this, there was an "encouraging slowdown" in the rate of job...
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Ag cur régime nua i bhfeidhm
Tá an mhargaíocht á sá siar ár scornach ó thús mhí Eanáir. Daoine leathcháiliúla ag iarraidh DVD corpacmhainne a dhíol linn. Fógraí do laethanta saoire cois trá ar an teilifís agus fógra eile a...
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City of Tribes wants to turn back time with new invasion
Descendants of the famous 14 tribes of Galway will be tracked down and invited to recreate the invasion of the 12th and 13th Centuries. But whereas the Anglo-Norman invasion was a major power-trip for...
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Kate Rowan: Words of the wise for Irish rugby coach Declan Kidney ... as...
Perhaps, as well as taking guidance from the on-field performances, Ireland coach Declan Kidney could take some inspiration from the Irish language ahead of announcing his 30 man squad next week and...
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TG4 show snapped up by NBC International
NBC Universal purchased the format for Cé a Chónaigh i mo Theachsa? (Who Lived In My House?) from Tile Films, a documentary and film production company, for an undisclosed amount. The programme...
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Gaeltacht parents oppose teacher ratio changes in smaller primary schools
“Ruairí Quinn, éist linn!” chanted more than 200 parents and their children at a demonstration in Galway at the weekend. The parents from nine Gaeltacht schools in south Connemara expressed vehement...
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Pearse Hutchinson
The death has taken place in Dublin of Pearse Hutchinson, one of Ireland's most original and distinguished poets in both English and Irish. He was also known as a pioneering broadcaster and...
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Social class and gender have huge effect on the way pupils are taught
Big learning gaps could emerge between boys and girls, as well as the rich and poor, because teachers are tailoring classes according to what they believe is best for their students. But the result is...
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