Ireland should follow Wales and compel Department of Education to plan proactively to increase Irish-medium education ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was only a matter of time before the Irish language earned the same reputation as its people. SEE ALSO: Why the internet stans ...

Students in Dublin hold up an Irish language badge that they designed to encourage young people to speak Irish, the national languageAndy Rain / EPA After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish ...

It’s the oldest language in Western Europe, but it’s not taught in many schools outside its native country. It’s misunderstood and often called by the wrong name. It’s Irish, and for the first time it ...

Pól Deeds said "every word spoken against the Irish language" could be seen as "another blow struck in the cause of Irish unification" Hostility towards the Irish language is not doing unionism "any ...

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

There has been a rise of almost 400% over the past 25 years in the number of pupils in Irish-language education. That is according to new figures released by the Department of Education (DE). But that ...