Foreign Teanga, New Radio Documentary
A quick post to highlight an upcoming radio documentary, “Foreign Teanga”, examining the positive and negative experiences of seven non-nationals living inContinue Reading
Tag: Equality
Language And Politics In Scotland
The University of Edinburgh has carried out an interesting study on attitudes in Scotland towards the indigenous Scottish (Gaelic) languageContinue Reading
The Cló Gaelach Or Irish Typefaces
Following on from the popularity of a recent post examining some online sources for Irish literary studies I thought aContinue Reading
Irish In Ireland? Oh The Humanity!
Richard Haass, the latest diplomatic envoy from the United States to the permanently ailing Irish-British peace process, has offered theContinue Reading
In Support Of A Reunited Brittany
In 1941 the Vichy regime in France ordered the partition of the north-western Celtic nation of Brittany as part ofContinue Reading
Nelson McCausland, The Tea Party Escapee
What other nation in Western Europe would tolerate a senior member of a regional government using his personal blog toContinue Reading
.éire Versus .ie
The people of Wales now have two national domain names to register their websites with, “.cymru“ and “.wales”, reflecting theirContinue Reading
The Logainm Relaunch
A quick (if late) post on the Placenames Database of Ireland or Logainm, a comprehensive topographical index of our island nationContinue Reading
The Threat Of The Gaelic Ail-Caoíde
Talking of petty bigots whose anachronistic opinions are derived from centuries of colonial supremacism here comes another tirade against oneContinue Reading
British Reformation Politics
The legacy of British faith- and race-based colonialism right here in Europe, right here in Ireland. From The ImpartialContinue Reading
Speaking In Code
Declan Lynch, the one-time enfant terrible of Irish journalism now turned middle-aged establishment terrier, has taken to the pages ofContinue Reading
Demand For Scottish Medium Education Outstrips Supply
From Glasgow’s Evening Times newspaper: “Christine and Iain Agnew are keen to support Scotland’s language and so sent son ArchieContinue Reading
Fundamentalism Hates Fundamentalism
When religious fundamentalism combines with politics to create a cultural and societal norm that “the people” are expected to conform to it must alsoContinue Reading
Some Basque Lessons
This article on the resilience of the indigenous language of the historic Basque nation in north-eastern Spain and neighbouring France isContinue Reading
Expediency Is No Substitute For Commitment
From a profile in today’s Irish Times on Lynn Boylan, formerly Lynn Ní Bhaoighealláin , the Sinn Féin candidate inContinue Reading
The Great Irish Paradox
From the Daily Beast: “Here in Odessa, the conflict has nothing to do with a linguistic divide. Everyone speaks Russian.Continue Reading
Ireland Spends More Money On Non-Irish Translations
In case you missed it (because you know the newspapers aren’t going to report this one), from RTÉ: “New figuresContinue Reading
The Green Party And Irish Language Rights
I’ve been sent a Green Party / Comhaontas Glas press release in relation to its Irish language polices in the run-upContinue Reading
Three Welsh Rights Activists Arrested
Three activists fighting for Welsh language rights, two women and a man in their twenties, were arrested today by policeContinue Reading
The Irish Parliament? Some Chance!
An announcement from the European Parliament on its increasing recognition of Irish as an equal language of the European Union,Continue Reading
Doctor Orders Child And Parent Not To Speak In Welsh
From a report by the Daily Post newspaper in Wales: “A hospital has apologised after a doctor asked a mumContinue Reading
The Cornish Win Their Fight For Recognition
Congratulations to the people of Cornwall on the success of their long campaign to win official recognition from the BritishContinue Reading
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