Irish is the latest language nine-year-old Soham can now confidently speak. The St Malachy's Primary School pupil also speaks Marathi, Hindi and English. The Belfast school is one of over 80 in ...

Prime Minister Micheál Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies — but his use of “bréaga” draws a blank from the Sinn ...

“I want her to experience Irish culture and the language, but without expectation. “She was struggling to learn English and the extra pressure of an additional language was damaging her confidenc ...

The English language is rich with phrases borrowed from other tongues. Latin, French, Spanish and German all lend a hand to the English spoken throughout the world, but Irish (or Hiberno-English ...

A LECTURER at University of Limerick has translated William Shakespeare’s sonnets into Irish using iambic pentameter. Dr ...

Funding cuts by the all-Ireland Irish language agency Foras na Gaeilge represent "a total failure from both the northern and southern governments". That is according to Dr Pádraig Ó Tiarnaigh ...

People working to promote the Irish language on both sides of the border will gather in Dublin for what they have described as a "crisis assembly" to discuss a funding cut for which they are ...

The 'Kneecap effect' has been credited with boosting Irish language popularity, with 68 per cent of sixth-year students reporting a love and appreciation for the language in a new survey.

An Irish language school that was previously the target of loyalist opposition has opened in east Belfast. Planning permission for Irish language primary school Scoil na Seolta (‘School of the ...

The Irish and British governments have been called upon to “urgently resolve” a funding crisis at cross-Border Irish language body Foras na Gaeilge. The body, which is the main mechanism ...