... budget, in a bid to secure better financial support for Ireland’s Gaeltacht areas. General Secretary Julian de Spáinn told Galway ... community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad, The Gaelic League’s main aim is to reinstate the Irish ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 10 2016 - 6:21am - 0 comments
... form of union between the republic, an independent Northern Ireland and an independent Scotland, a union which could be of benefit to the ... the title “Agenda – Should an Independent Scotland and Ireland Consider a Union”, the author speculates on the impact of ...
Emmett McIntyre - Sep 17 2016 - 9:04pm - 0 comments
... in Dublin and massive celebrations are set to occur in Ireland as this marked the defining moment in Ireland's struggles for independence. Events here: ... may well have inspired this man to take up the cause for Ireland. We now see a free Ireland of 26 Counties with six still ...
Mair Williams - Jan 20 2016 - 6:42pm - 0 comments
... community organisation that promotes the Irish language in Ireland and abroad. The League’s primary objective is the reinstatement of the Irish language as the common tongue of Ireland. Since its founding in 1893, members have been actively promoting ...
Emmett McIntyre - Dec 22 2015 - 5:24am - 0 comments
... in the EU signed the military cooperation agreement, Ireland being one of 5 which did not sign. However, the same month the Irish ... in favour of Irish participation in PESCO. This is against Ireland’s policy of neutrality and in fact contrary to the Irish Constitution ...
Alastair Kneale - Feb 21 2018 - 5:05pm
... election has raised the issue in Dáil Éireann (Assembly of Ireland). Yesterday (June 14) he questioned the Taoiseach (head of Irish ... Irish Post newspaper there have been growing demands for Ireland to ban the export of Irish greyhounds to the notorious Canidrome ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jun 16 2016 - 1:57am - 0 comments
... was held on Saturday at Lissadell House, Sligo in Ireland to mark the 90th anniversary of the death of Constance Markievicz ... Markievicz told the court, "I went out to fight for Ireland's freedom and it does not matter what happens to me. I did what I ... the first Dáil Éireann an independent legislature for Ireland which met in Dublin. She went on to become the second woman in the ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 18 2017 - 1:33am
... Approximately 40,000 tonnes of seaweed is harvested in Ireland, more than 95 per cent of it naturally grown. It pruduces high-value ... to seaweed, registered in seven counties along the coast of Ireland; Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Galway, Mayo, Clare and Donegal. Canadian ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Jul 3 2018 - 9:17am
... in County Down (Irish: Contae an Dúin) in the north-east of Ireland for the past 30 years. It was originally found having been caught in ... from a German U-boat. It sank off the southern coast of Ireland, roughly 11 miles off the Old Head of Kinsale (Irish, An Seancheann) ...
Alastair Kneale - Apr 5 2018 - 7:21pm
... Thought to date from about 2800 BC the 5000 year old tomb forms part of the UNESCO Heart of Neolithic Orkney, which also includes ... and raised bank. Like the chambered tomb of Newgrange in Ireland, it is constructed in such a way that it is aligned to capture the last ...
Douglas MacQueen - Sep 27 2016 - 7:30pm - 0 comments