... of Celtic culture: Government Rejects Secular Irish-Medium School Despite Record Popularity According to the all-party “ 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 ”, one of the most purposefully underfunded ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jun 21 2016 - 11:16pm - 0 comments
... estimated 10,000 people marched in Dublin in support of the Irish Language and to protest the failure of the Irish Government to protect the rights of the Irish speaking community. ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 22 2014 - 2:44pm - 0 comments
... mixed reviews when it comes to funding for the Gaeltacht and Irish language initiatives. Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, ... Dublin is allocating an additional €2.5 million for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht in 2018. The additional funding is being ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 29 2017 - 11:48pm
... itself to be a bi-lingual city giving equal status to Irish alongside English. Ironic that the City Council is making the effort considering Irish is already the official language of Ireland. But then very little about ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 27 2017 - 12:07am - 0 comments
... of Ireland to its rightful place, a coalition of over 70 Irish Language and Gaeltacht organisations have put forward an “All Ireland ... under the Good Friday Agreement for the promotion of the Irish Language). The Gaelic League is reporting on their website that the ...
Emmett McIntyre - Oct 8 2015 - 8:55pm - 0 comments
... for cutting funding to an exchange program that brings Irish speaking students and academics to the United States. The Fulbright ... Scholarship Exchange Board) which annually awards grants for Irish citizens to study, research, or teach in the U.S. and for Americans to do ...
Emmett McIntyre - Jun 11 2014 - 9:01pm - 0 comments
Emmett McIntyre's blog The Irish Times are proving to be steadfast allies of the Irish language through their reporting on the deepening Irish Language Crisis. ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 2 2014 - 2:38pm - 0 comments
... which has led to calls for an increase in the number of Irish language primary schools. Reporting that over 5,000 primary ... infant’s level; the article quotes a spokesman for the Irish Language Schools organisation stating that waiting lists for Irish Medium Schools at the primary level are 20% oversubscribed. The ...
Emmett McIntyre - Aug 25 2014 - 1:48pm - 0 comments
... League Mannin it is reported that Denis Halliday, a former Irish UN official is to return the Presidents Medal he had recieved at ... of an honorary degree by the University to former Taoiseach (Irish Prime Minister) Enda Kenny. Denis Halliday's actions are due to what he ...
Eibhlin O'Neill - Nov 15 2017 - 2:30pm
... blog For over 22 years the Savannah Irish Festival has been bringing traditional Irish Music, Laughter and Dance to Savannah. The elegant 18th century ...
Emmett McIntyre - Feb 11 2015 - 4:28pm - 0 comments