Scéalta móra agus dánta beaga do léitheoirí óga
NÍL DEIREADH le leabhair agus filíocht do pháistí – agus is maith nach bhfuil. Beidh aithne ag mórán léitheoirí ar Alan Titley, colúnaí leis an nuachtán seo, as na leabhair ar fad atá scríofa aige...
View ArticleMargáil FG-Lucht Oibre ag cur moille ar Bhord nua an Údaráis
Tuigtear do Gaelscéal go bhfuil moill ar ainmniú bhord nua Údarás na Gaeltachta de bharr margála atá ar bun idir Fine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre. Bhíothas ag súil go n-ainmneofaí na baill an...
View ArticleWhy Irish language may soon be a Celtic myth
The State has to step in to prevent the demise of our native tongue, writes Conchur O Giollagain THE Irish language as a communal, collective identity is on its last legs. This was the principal...
View ArticleOireachtas na Samhna
Beidh na mílte ag tabhairt aghaidhe ó thuaidh ar Leitir Ceanainn an deireadh seachtaine seo, áit a bhfuil an tOireachtas faoi lán seoil. Mura bhfuil tú in ann taisteal beidh neart de na himeachtaí le...
View ArticleChildren’s Book Festival
THE National Children’s Book Festival ran in libraries around the country throughout the month of October. Louth libraries were busy schedule of events running for children. As part of the festival...
View ArticleCROBHINGNE- Cloigne
CEAPTAR GO minic gurb é an cloigeann an ball is tábhachtaí sa duine, bíodh go bhfuil dream eile ann a shíleann go bhfuil tamall uaidh síos. Ní hí an leite sin a dtugtar an inchinn uirthi atá i...
View ArticleCull of State agencies to ease off in 2013
THE GOVERNMENT has substantially modified its aim to abolish or merge almost 100 State agencies by the end of 2014. While all but one of the 48 actions planned for 2012 will go ahead, even if taking...
View ArticleExperts to review how the arts have added to international reputation
The contribution of Irish writers, artists, and musicians to our international reputation is to be considered in a review of creative arts and media education in Dublin. Experts from Austria, Canada,...
View ArticleTarget date for quango cull to be missed
The Government will not meet its target to cull 48 state agencies by the end of the year. And at least 11 of a further 46 agencies that were under review will escape the chopping block. Brendan...
View ArticleSpriocdháta Siansa Gael Linn ag teannadh linn
TÁ go dtí an Aoine 9 Samhain ag daoine le cur isteach ar chomórtas Siansa Gael Linn 2013. “Tá bileoga Siansa Gael Linn 2013 scaipthe ar scoileanna, ar eagrais agus ar chlubanna ceoil ar fud na tíre...
View ArticleSingle library and museum board is ‘cannibalism’
The chairman of the board of the National Museum has described as "cultural cannibalism" the decision by the Government to abolish the boards of the National Library and National Museum, two of the...
View ArticleNew song collection for children to be launched this weekend
Dominic Mac Giolla Bhríde of Gaoth Dobhair, sean-nós singer and 2009 winner of the Corn Uí Riada prize for sean-nós, has put his own take on some of the most well-loved traditional songs in Irish for...
View ArticleOtv/Gaelscéal i láthair ag an Oireachtas
Beidh físeáin ag dul in airde ar an chainéal teilifíse ar líne, Otv, agus scéalta uile Oireachtas na Samhna 2012 á léiriú inniu go ceann seachtaine. Déanfaidh Otv, i gcomhpháirtíocht le Gaelscéal,...
View ArticlePrestigious Gael Linn quiz prize for St Mary’s Irish language students
Pupils from St. Mary’s Limavady have for many years entered teams in the quiz and have been successfully placed in the top positions. This year has been no different with one of the school entry’s...
View ArticleIrish Times to change in look and size
The Irish Times is enhancing the newspaper and its journalism at a time of rapid digital development. From tomorrow, The Irish Times will change in look and size. Most significantly, our journalism...
View ArticleMany a knot tied at Irish festival
BETWEEN the jigs and the reels, there is a love affair. For 115 years, lovers of the Irish language have been meeting at the annual Oireachtas festival. Lisdoonvarna gets its name as the country's...
View ArticleComóradh eile
Is breá liom comóradh. Nuair nach féidir liom smaoineamh ar rud ar bith eile, smaoiním ar chomóradh. Déanaim rud beag taighde, b’fhéidir agus - jab déanta! Tá an iris ‘Comhar’ 70 bliain ar an saol an...
View ArticleLow uptake on patronage survey so far in Castlebar
With under a week left until the closing date for the survey on the future patronage of schools in Castlebar, the Department of Education is worried about the low uptake of the survey by parents....
View ArticleDo Gaelscoileanna amount to educational apartheid?
My husband wants our daughter to go to the local Gaelscoil, but neither of us is great at Irish. He seems to think it will give her the upper hand in learning languages. I’m not so sure. I do know...
View ArticleFuinneamh as an ghnáth
Tá buanna móra ag an Taoiseach Enda Kenny nach dtugtar aird mar is ceart orthu minic go leor Tuairim is deich lá ó shin, thug an Taoiseach Enda Kenny cuairt ar chomhlacht i gCorcaigh a bhí le fógairt...
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