Why did the Irish Constitution not recognise our third language?

Article 8 of our Constitution states that: “The Irish language as the national language is the first official language.” And ...

President- elect Catherine Connolly visits Belfast for Irish language event

Connolly was elected as the president of Ireland after a landslide victory on Saturday. She was keen to promote the Irish ...

Is Catherine Connolly’s plan to make Irish the language of the Áras a good idea?

Mollie Guidera is an Irish language educator, author of The Gaeilge Guide, and founder of Irish with Mollie ...
Jurist

Irish language gains full official and working status in EU

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 ...

‘Catalyst for change’, tender moment with husband & sons and first official visit plan…Catherine Connolly takes office

CATHERINE Connolly vowed to be “a catalyst for change” as she was signed in as the 10th President of Ireland today. In her ...
Irish Central

“Bright future” as Irish language gets full working status at European Union level

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.