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Leathmharatón dOspidéal Shráid Temple
Tá an ócáid bhliantúil seo á eagrú ar mhaithe le hairgead a bhailiú d’Ospidéal na Leanaí i Sráid Temple. Tá teorainn de 150 leis an méid daoine ar féidir clárú don imeacht seo, mar sin, moltar do...
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Dunne brings Irish campaign to Galway
When he defeated Ricardo Cordoba in 2009 to claim the world title, Dunne wanted to say a few words in Irish, but lacked the confidence to do so, having failed his Leaving Certificate Irish exam....
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Sinn Féin appoint Ní Riada
The mother-of-three lives with her husband, Ballyvourney statue restorer Nicholas Forde, in the Muskerry Gaeltacht of Cúil-Aodha in Co Cork. She is the youngest child of the man who was influential in...
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Insint eile
Ach dúirt siad: “Ná déantar lá na siopaí é le heagla go n-éireodh achrann i measc an phobail.” Agus bhí sé i mBoth Chuanna i gcarabhán Síomóin Tincéara, agus é ina shuí chun bia ann. Agus nuair adúirt...
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Clarification sought on VEC school patronage
Minister for Education and Skills Ruairí Quinn has already sanctioned a second Irish-medium primary school for one of the city’s largest suburbs, Knocknacarra, but has postponed final approval on its...
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Quinn questions school emphasis on Irish, religion
He said teachers had told him how up to 30 per cent of all contact time in some primary classes was taken up by these two subjects. “If we are worried about literacy and numeracy and this figure is...
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Living tradition
THE Cork Midsummer Festival opens at the Cork Opera House on June 21 with the critically acclaimed show, ‘Rian,’ created by musician Liam Ó Maonlaí of ‘The Hothouse Flowers’ fame and innovative...
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No plans for an Ulster Scots Act: Minister
CULTURE Minister Carál Ní Chuilín says she has no plans for an Ulster Scots Act despite her intention of forging ahead with proposals to bring an Irish Language Bill to the Executive Legislative...
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Double tragedy as two O heithir siblings pass away in same week
IT is surely the most extraordinary and tragic coincidence for two relatively young adult siblings to pass away within the same week in separate deaths. But this was what was witnessed this weekend,...
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Éireannaigh is eachtrannaigh ar an bpáirc
BEOCHEIST: IS DOILIGH a chreidbheáil go bhfuil foireann Phoblacht na hÉireann san 18ú háit ar an liosta feabhais a choinníonn FIFA, an t-údarás domhanda sacair, ag déanamh comparáide idir a gcumas...
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Paul Graham: Solicitor for Irish speakers in Belfast
PAUL GRAHAM, often known in the Irish version as Pól Ó Gréacháin, was solicitor for much of Belfast’s Irish language community. His sudden death on the day after his mother’s funeral has left a gap...
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Fishing for an English sign
A chara, – Well done to Alex Findlater (May 31st) for turning a story about a trout about into one about the Irish language. And pity the poor tourists in north Galway, driving around looking for a...
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Assembly concern at proposed changes to Irish language funding
MID-ULSTER MLA Patsy McGlone has welcomed the Assembly’s support for a motion expressing concern at proposed changes to Irish language funding. The SDLP motion was agreed following an Assembly debate...
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Andrew McKimm: Leaving Cert: it's an Irish renaissance as hostilities cease
An Englishman gave us back our flag -- and now we are reclaiming our own language from extreme republicanism, writes Andrew McKimm THIS year sees the launch of the revamped Leaving Certificate Irish...
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Review - Riverdance: The Music of Bill Whelan
Riverdance has embedded itself within our psyche, for good or ill, yet it goes nowhere near defining where Bill Whelan, as a composer, has travelled over the past three decades. The National Concert...
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Gradam Stewart Parker
Tá Gradam Stewart Parker 2012 do scríbhneoireacht na Gaeilge, gradam atá urraithe ag BBC Tuaisceart Éireann, bainte amach ag Paul Mercier don dráma Sétanta, dráma a léirigh an comhlacht Fíbín. Ag...
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‘Childish political point scoring’ - SF hit back at Overend Irish school...
COOKSTOWN Sinn Féin Councillor Ciarán McElhone has hit out at Ulster Unionist Assembly Member Sandra Overend regarding her recent comments about Gaelscoil Eoghain, Cookstown’s soon-to-be opened Irish...
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13 iarratas ar phacáiste tacaíochta teanga Roinn na Gaeltachta
TRÍ CINN déag d’iarratais atá faighte ag Roinn na Gaeltachta go dtí seo ar an bpacáiste tacaíochta teanga do thuismitheoirí a d’fhógair Aire Stáit na Gaeltachta mí ó shin, a scríobhann Seán Tadhg Ó...
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Comhlachtaí poiblí ag briseadh an dlí
Tiocfaidh brú nua ar chomhlachtaí stáit nach bhfuil ag comhlíonadh a gcuid dualgais i leith na Gaeilge mar thoradh ar chruinniú den Chomhchoiste um Imscrúduithe, Formhaoirsiú agus Achainíocha. Ag an...
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Paráid mhór Ghaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh
Mháirseáil os cionn 300 duine ó Ghaelscoil Mhic Amhlaigh trí shráideanna na Gaillimhe an Satharn seo caite. Bhí idir dhaltaí, múinteoirí, tuismitheoirí agus foireann scoile i láthair ag iarraidh na...
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