Gaeltacht communities will no longer have Irish as “the natural organic language of the community” unless immediate Government action is taken to address the housing crisis, Irish language ...
Irish language activists staged a protest outside Stormont calling for a change in how funding is allocated to a north-south cultural body. The campaigners blame the DUP for blocking financial ...
Hundreds of Irish language activists have gathered at Stormont to protest at a decision by the DUP to block cross-border funding for schemes supporting the language across the island of Ireland.
A bid to force a minister’s decision to install Irish language signage at the Grand Central Station in Belfast to be put to a cross-community Executive vote has been lodged at Stormont.
The OED uses the takeaway meal, a spice bag, as an excellent example of this evolution of the English language, saying: "An Irish creation inspired by Chinese cuisine, with Mexican and Indian ...
A street named in honour of the British World War Two leader Winston Churchill has become just the second in a council area to be approved for dual Irish-English signage. Residents of Churchill ...
It said the English language has borrowed a wealth of new words from the Irish language with ludraman, stemming from the Irish 'liúdramán' or 'lúdramán', being added to the dictionary today.
The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH), the largest Irish American fraternal organization in the US, has issued a statement after US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, March 26 that the ...
It’s like you suddenly get the language that explains your life ... According to a report by Irish charity As I Am, 85 per cent of autistic adults are unemployed or underemployed.
in whose household she had been employed from August 2020 to December 2023. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up to date with all the latest news ...
A red card for each side and in the end, a point each too. The first clash of 2025 between Shamrock Rovers and Derry City is a game that won’t live long in the memory in truth, although the ...