Two local communities are pushing back against State plans to place International Protection (IP) applicants into the only ...

I’ve worked as an Irish teacher in the Gaeltacht, and I’ve seen kids walk in without a word of Irish and walk out two weeks later with the ability to have a basic conversation. “The ...

The real and growing crisis in Gaeltacht communities in Cork and nationwide was highlighted recently in Seanad Éireann by Senator Nicole Ryan. The Cork senator expressed her fears over a number ...

Dingle is a Gaeltacht town, in Corca Dhuibhne, one of two Gaeltacht areas in Kerry. Three weeks ago the council opened a planning enforcement file after the name “Cairn Close”, appeared on ...

Last year, the Government announced the approval of €900,000 in funding for free Gaeltacht places for students in DEIS post-primary schools. Over 800 scholarships will be offered to students ...

The summer after my first year in secondary school, when I was 13 years old, I attended a three-week course in the Gaeltacht in Connemara with a group of friends from school. Despite having been ...

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An insider's tour of Dunquin, the Dingle Peninsula Gaeltacht region Felicity Hayes-McCoy and Wilf Judd take us on an insider’s tour of Dún Chaoin, or Dunquin, on the Dingle Peninsula Felicity ...

linguists and representatives of different Gaeltacht regions. It includes two permanent staff members who research and prepare lists of draft terms for the committee to consider at monthly ...