Language Plan News Today

New guidelines around planning permission for homes in the Gaeltacht are set to be finalised and put to public consultation shortly.

Gov't defends Māori language bonuses for civil servants; opposition vows to scrap them.

Councillor Norma Moriarty said it is time for people to take confidence in their Irish-language abilities by understanding that every word they use – whether in broken or fluent Irish – is valuable.

The Daingean Uí Chúis Language Plan has been launched.Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport, Jack Chambers officiated at the event in An Díseart today.A...

The Gaelic Language Plan is a new initiative for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and is seeking locals views on how to use the language.

GAELIC organisations have hit back at a petition calling on the Scottish Government to pull funding for the language across mainland Scotland.

ARE you speaking our language? Its hoped that you will be this spring when Scotland holds its first offical Gaelic language week.

A GAELIC Language Plan has been published for the first time by East Lothian Council, with a pledge to promote the languages use in schools. Despite the most recent census finding that only 0.4 per cent of residents in East Lothian speak Gaelic – well below the 1.1 per cent national average – the council has produced a plan outlining how it will support the language locally. Among its key aims, the new plan commits the council to “include aspects of Gaelic language and culture to p...

Press release Two language plans announced by Minister of State Chambers while visiting Irish language organisations in Galway and the Connemara Gaeltacht • Language Plan for Bearna & Cnoc na Cathrach approved Jack Chambers TD, Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for the Gaeltacht and Sport, today (13th May 2021) announced on a visit to Galway City and the Connemara Gaeltacht that he he has approved two further language plans under the language planning process, in respect...