The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill passed its third and final reading in the UK’s House of Commons on Wednesday, October 26. The Bill will now go forward for Royal Assent and ...
Linda Ervine sits on a replica of the ancient stone chair used to inaugurate the Gaelic Chieftains of Clandeboye in Northern Ireland. Ervine, founder of Northern Ireland's first integrated Irish ...
Minister commissions study into economic potential of using the Irish language - The Irish language has become a topic of ...
In Northern Ireland, learning a second language is not a statutory part of the primary school curriculum. shutterstock In Northern Ireland, pupils must only learn a language between the ages of 11 and ...
The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 has officially become law in Northern Ireland after the bill received Royal Assent on Tuesday, December 6. The Irish language now has official ...
Maria Thomasson says areas like Belfast, Fermanagh and Tyrone and south Down particularly need more Irish-medium schools The lack of Irish-language post-primary schools in Northern Ireland has been ...
Protestors outside the High Court in Belfast in February 2017 calling for an Irish Language Act. Niall Carson/PA Wire One of the central sticking points of the talks is the Irish language – also known ...
People in the Republic learn Irish "to pass exams" but in Northern Ireland they are motivated by the love of it, an official study has found. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) said the ...