Spiralling exemptions are being driven by increased diagnosis of learning disabilities such as dyslexia, says report ...

“I think it was very fair and balanced,” said Rita Donnellan, ASTI subject representative for Irish. “The compositions, in ...

Students in Dublin hold up an Irish language badge that they designed to encourage young people to speak Irish, the national languageAndy Rain / EPA After decades of exodus, the tide of Irish ...

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

The survey also identified the top-five most popular ways of learning more about Ulster-Scots and Irish, including visiting ...

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 ...

A new survey has found 56 per cent of respondents believe the Irish language, and 45 per cent believe that Ulster-Scots, add ...

The Irish language gained full official and working status in the European Union on Saturday, culminating a derogation arrangement that has been in place since 2007, the government of Ireland ...

Twitter users were quick to contradict a 2018 statistic that claimed 72% of Irish people had no foreign language skills. Mapsome, a social media account that aims to "explain the world" by sharing ...

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 ...

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 ...