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Budget 2026: Foras na Gaeilge welcomes Funding Increase

Foras na Gaeilge CEO Seán Ó Coinn welcomed today’s announcement of the allocation of €2 million, which will be made available in 2026 to address Foras na Gaeilge’s funding difficulties.

Winners of the 2025 Irish-Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards Announced

On Tuesday, 30th September 2025 at a celebration of publishers and writers of Irish language books, An tOireachtas, in conjunction with Foras na Gaeilge, announced the winners of the 2025 Irish Language Book of the Year Publishing Awards.

Netflix offer Irish subtitles option for first time ever

‘The Irish language is such a vital part of the country’s culture and identity, and making the series accessible in this way allows us to celebrate that heritage and reach those viewers who prefer to watch As Gaelige.’

New arrivals to Ireland learning Irish: ‘I’m praying to St Patrick because he somehow learned this language

Growing numbers of adults who have moved to Ireland from overseas are choosing to learn Irish

Demand for Irish language courses for adults has skyrocketed

Waiting lists, sold out courses and extra dates added, it might sound like promotion for a concert in the 3 arena, but we’re actually talking about adult Irish language classes, which are having a year like never before.

Inis Dom campaign launched to increase use of Irish language in retail sector of Ennis town

Clare County Council and An Clár as Gaeilge have banded together to launch the Inis Dom campaign. It aims to highlight the economic and cultural benefits of integrating Irish into business.

Courts Service launches first Irish language strategy

Strategy aims to turn Courts Service into ‘genuinely bilingual organisation’

Kneecap among the top performers as Irish box office totals €102.5m

Small Things Like These ranked 11th and had a box office of €2.4m, while Kneecap had a box office of €1.14m and was ranked 25th

Úrscéalta na Gaeilge ar RTÉ RnaG

In this series we will hear radio essays based on the best Irish language novels which were written in the 20th Century, Cré na Cille, An Béal Bocht, Mo Bhealach Féin, An Uain Bheo, Cuaifeach mo Londubh Buí, Desiderius a Dó and Séadna.

There has been a 600% increase in TikTokers posting content as Gaeilge, according to TikTok HQ

The community is informally known as the ‘GaelTok’ and users can use the hashtag to watch the latest videos posted by Gaeilgeoirí.

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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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