Despite being the Republic of Ireland’s first official language, Irish (Gaeilge) lives unevenly in daily life outside ...

During the 2011 general election campaign, the leaders of the three main parties debated in Irish. That can’t happen now ...

It’s the oldest language in Western Europe, but it’s not taught in many schools outside its native country. It’s misunderstood and often called by the wrong name. It’s Irish, and for the first time it ...

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 ...

The Irish language achieved full status as an official language of the European Union on January 1. As a full official language, all documents published by the EU will now be translated into Irish.

On 14 December 2017, the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Act was passed by the Dáil. The ISL Act 2017, recognises Irish Sign ...

The Deaf flag is flying at RTÉ to mark Irish Sign Language (ISL) Awareness Week and International Week of Deaf People. Here, ...