Irish language group Glór an Tuaiscirt is launching its website and three-year operational plan tonight (Thursday) as part of this year’s Seachtain na Gaeilge celebrations. The site, glorantuaiscirt.com is being launched after the group’s AGM, which is being held in the minor rooms of Ardoyne Kickhams GAC, tonight, March 8.
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Failte mór for Irish speaking paramedic
Pupils at a North Belfast Irish medium nursery school gave a failte mór to an Irish speaking paramedic this week. Naíscoil Mhic Reachtain, based in the 174 Trust on the Antrim Road, were visited by Dave Lavery of the Ambulance Service. Dave, who is the only paramedic working in Irish with the gaelscoils, said the children were a delight to work with.
A right old language ruck and maul
ULSTER’S poor record in France continued at the weekend when the team went down to Clermont Auvergne, condemning the boys from Ravenhill to play away in the Heineken Cup quarter finals. Disappointing and all as the score was, there were major pluses to be taken from the match. The main one being
On the trail of the Rosetta Stone in NY
Chris Cahill, Director of the American Irish Historical Society – which boasts palatial headquarters on New York’s most exclusive stretch of real estate, Park Avenue – reckons that the person who cracks the way to link the Scots-Irish diaspora and the Irish American diaspora will have found the Rosetta Stone.
Union Jack days numbered at City Hall?
THE FLYING of the Union Jack at City Hall could be reduced to just 18 days a year, if new recommendations are adopted by Belfast City Council
Coláiste battle did not need to happen
IT’S a sad day indeed when an Irish-medium school has to go the courts to seek its rights from a Sinn Féin Minister in a battle we all thought the Irish language had won a long time ago.
