The Gaeltacht is facing not just a housing shortage but a linguistic and existential crisis for a small population who have passed on the Irish language from generation to generation, the chair of an ...

Analysis: The treatment of sign language interpretation as a luxury service is an anomaly within the EU's VAT system, one that runs counter to its intention Value Added Tax (VAT) is an 'EU-level tax'.

The Irish language commissioner has said he will give due consideration to recommendations made by his Ulster Scots counterpart in a bid to demonstrate how Irish can accommodate the British tradition.

The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Billie Shannon moved ...

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. More than a decade after she moved to Canada from Ireland, Billie Shannon says she feels proud to be ...

Sign language week provides an opportunity to "highlight the value of communication access," the chief executive of Manx Deaf Society has said. The awareness week, which runs until Sunday, marks the ...

Simon Harris, the Irish deputy premier, has praised London as “one of the most Irish cities in the world” as he helped celebrate St Patrick’s Day in the capital. A parade including marching bands, ...

It was a language banned under years of British rule – and UNESCO still classifies it as “definitely endangered” – but Seán McLoughlin says Irish, or Gaeilge, might be having a moment. More media for ...

Sir, - As a relatively new arrival to Ireland, I have, in recent years, been actively learning Irish. I have been encouraged by what feels like a clear revival of the language. No time is this more ...

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 ...

LONDON: An Irish-language singer from punk-rap group Kneecap will not face a terrorism charge after UK prosecutors lost a High Court challenge on Wednesday against a judge’s decision to dismiss the ...

Charleen Hurtubise’s novel Saoirse, her U.S. debut, is set in the wilds of Donegal in 1999, where artist Saoirse (a name that means freedom in the Irish language) lives an outwardly idyllic life. But ...