How Can The Irish State Ignore The Wishes Of 41% Of Its Citizens?
An article in the Irish Times by Seán Tadgh Ó Gairbhí examining the reaction of people in Ireland to theContinue Reading
Category: The Irish Language – An Ghaeilge
Where’s The Irish At The Irish Constitutional Convention?
As I have noted many times before there is a certain desire in the body politic (and its media acolytes)Continue Reading
Attacking The Weak By Pretending They Are Powerful – How Ireland’s Media Elite Work
Can someone tell me what the “Irish language lobby” is? Apparently it is immensely powerful. Or so the Irish TimesContinue Reading
Seanchas – Irish, Scottish And Manx Mythology And Folklore
For those of you with an interest in early, middle and early modern indigenous Irish literature and post-Medieval folklore (IrishContinue Reading
Second Scottish-Medium School For Glasgow
Big news for the Scottish-speaking community of Glasgow as the establishment of a second school teaching through the medium of the ScottishContinue Reading
My Identity Is Not Negotiable
For the last decade and more I’ve worked for a company in Ireland that is a major subsidiary of an international corporationContinue Reading
Move Over Belfast – Welcome To Béal Feirste
Belfast City Council has agreed to place a number of official bilingual Irish-English street-signs in four parts of the city:Continue Reading
The Erosion Of Irish-Language Journalism
Following on from the shock decision by Foras na Gaeilge to terminate its contract for the publication of the weeklyContinue Reading
The End Of Gaelscéal?
Foras na Gaeilge, the government body charged with overseeing the state’s Irish language policies (such as they are), has unexpectedly announced thatContinue Reading
There’s No Irish In Ireland!
The Hidden Ireland blog highlights news of discrimination against the Irish-speaking communities and citizens of Ireland for their English-speaking peersContinue Reading
The Manx Tongue – In Rude Health
Some very good news on Manx, the sister language of Irish. The BBC has a lengthy article discussing the fortunesContinue Reading
Irish, Irish, Irish! Out, Out, Out!
Well, it’s politics as abnormal in the north-eastern part of the country as the decaying corpse of the British colonyContinue Reading
Foclóir, The New Online English-Irish Dictionary
After a long wait the first phase of the new online English-Irish dictionary, Foclóir, is now up and running. The currentContinue Reading
Indigenous Rights – On The Edge Of Europe
Two stories on the Celtic languages from the British press. The first comes from the Independent newspaper (thanks to a heads-up from CContinue Reading
Sláintegate – The Irish Independent Newspaper And A Mysterious Report
The journalist and Irish civil rights campaigner Peadar Tomás Mac Ruairí is currently battling the state in the High CourtContinue Reading
Ceol Ar An Imeall
Ceol ar an Imeall, TG4’s indie music show, is back tonight at 23.00 on TG4. Lots of Irish bands performingContinue Reading
“Northern Ireland” 48% Protestant, 47% British – So Why Is Ireland Still Partitioned?
Several weeks ago the elected members of Belfast City Council voted by a majority to end the year-round flying of the BritishContinue Reading
Indigenous Peoples Fight Back With Hunger Strikes In Canada
A quick post to draw attention to the protests by the indigenous rights organisation “Idle No More” which have swept Canada in recent weeks. They haveContinue Reading
Angloban Ignorance Posing As Informed Commentary
Oh please, someone save me from the half-arsed opinions of right-wing Anglophone buffoons. From Niall O’Dowd’s US-based website Irish CentralContinue Reading
Two Tech Stories For Gaeilgeoirí
Two tech stories for the Irish-speaking community via the Silicon Republic. The first highlights the addition of the TG4 playerContinue Reading
Angloban – The Anglophone Fundamentalists Of Britain And Ireland
We all know that the internet is the mother of all lies. The world wide web of falsehoods. Which isContinue Reading
Ipsos MRBI 50th Anniversary Survey – The Irish Language
Very hard to comment on this, since we don’t have the details of the survey, but the Irish Times carriesContinue Reading
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