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Features

It’s time to pick up the foclóir: Why Pluto learned Irish

Pluto stresses that agencies can’t wait around to be told to include our language in advertising, in campaigns and in content.

The search is on for Ireland’s next big tourist attraction on TG4

TG4 and Adare Productions are back with a new series of “Beidh Mé Ar Ais” (“I’ll Be Back”) in search of Ireland’s next big tourist attraction.

Parallels between Irish and Cantonese languages highlighted at Dublin graduation

‘We don’t understand why Irish people are scared of this language,’ says one of 40 Cantonese speakers who completed Irish language course

See Tralee Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students enjoying their new state-of-the-art school

walking through the newly opened school today, you’d have no choice but to agree that it was all money very well spent.

It’s time we all admit it – the Irish language is cool again

Nowhere was this more obvious than on the red carpet this weekend at the BAFTA’s, where Irish was heard from not only the cast and crew of An Cailín Ciúin, but major stars like Paul Mescal and Brendan Gleeson.

Love Island-style Irish language show is looking for singletons to take part

“The rules of Grá ar an Trá are very simple: we have six single women and six single men all looking for love,” a statement for the series reads.

Belfast gears up for its biggest-ever spring festival, Féile an Earraigh

“We are delighted this year to partner once again with Conradh na Gaeilge, and to be involved with the all-island initiative Seachtain na Gaeilge”

Ros na Rún wraps 27th season with 2000th episode in March

Filming of Season 27 in the Gaeltacht Coastal village of An Spidéal came to a conclusion on Friday the 10th of February

WATCH: Paul Mescal gives Irish-language interview on BAFTA red carpet

Paul Mescal gave an impromptu Irish language interview with TG4’s Caitlín Nic Aoidh at the BAFTAs

Café in Tallaght says Irish is becoming more popular due to An Cailín Ciúin and TikTok

Dawn McKeever, who works at Aon Scéal in Tallaght, believes the language has become more popular in recent times as more people look to connect with their culture.

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The Irish Lead Organisations

Conradh na Gaeilge

Conradh na Gaeilge is the democratic forum for the Irish-speaking community and works promotes the language throughout the whole of Ireland and around the world.

An tOireachtas

Oireachtas na Gaeilge celebrates the traditional arts through the medium of Irish and provides opportunities which support the use of Irish and establishing networks.

Cumann na bhFiann

Cumann na bFiann organises Irish language youth clubs giving the students the opportunity to use and improve their spoken Irish.

Gaeloideachas

Gaeloideachas is the lead organisation in the Irish-medium immersion education and preschool sector and also provides support services for Irish-medium schools in Gaeltacht areas.

Gael Linn

Gael Linn is the Lead Organisation responsible for the teaching of Irish as a school subject and in adult education and the creation of opportunities for school pupils to use Irish.

Glór na nGael

Glór na nGael is the lead organisation responsible for promoting language in the family, language in business and enterprise and language in community development.

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Media

RAIDIÓ NA LIFE

Broadcasting in Dublin since 1993, Raidió na Life is a community-of-interest radio station set up to provide a community-oriented Irish language radio service to the Irish-speaking community of Dublin and surrounding areas on a non-profit basis.

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RAIDIÓ FÁILTE

Raidió Fáilte is Belfast’s only Irish radio station, broadcasting in the city Raidió Fáilte provides a community radio service to the Irish language community, helping to support and spread the the Irish language in Belfast and around the world.

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