Gaeltacht
Minister for Gaeltacht has power to alleviate housing crisis in Irish-speaking areas
Legislation specifically allows State to give financial help towards building or improving homes
From dereliction to Airbnb, the Gaeltacht is being destroyed by the housing crisis
Young families make communities – and if they have no place to live, the community dies
Adventures as Gaeilge: The bestselling Irish-language author who captivated young readers
English-born Cathal Ó Sándair wrote 160 books in Irish, many featuring the suave sleuth Réics Carló
Heather Humphreys, sectarianism and the Irish language
Deeply disheartening to see that some of the old attitudes prevail
‘It makes them more resilient’: Life in Ireland’s only Irish-language primary boarding school
It’s a screen-free year for them – no television, no iPads, no internet – and no access to mobile phones
Claire Byrne deploys the tact and restraint that make her so good on delicate topics
Newstalk host gives Chalkie White the space to describe the complexity of his reaction to an ordeal that, with George Gibney’s conviction, may finally be near its end
Protecting Gaeltacht areas will be harder if housing safeguards are weakened
Rethink needed of Government plans to overhaul rural planning guidelines
The row over one-off housing rules: ‘I’m 43 and the situation has completely upset my life plans’
Rural housing plan welcomed in local communities, but it is a ‘huge departure from sustainable development’, says planner
New rural housing policy will end ‘Eircode lottery’ approach to planning, Minister says
New system may make it more difficult for Irish speakers to get planning permission in Irish-speaking areas, advocacy groups say
One-off rural housing guidelines set to be overhauled
Anti-poverty initiative reports 0.7 per cent drop in child poverty from 2024 to 2025
An Erasmus for Irish?
Spending six months in a Gaeltacht would greatly improve students’ Irish language skills
Meet the Irish college class of summer 2026: ‘Students don’t really miss the phone’
Students in the Gaeltacht discuss pros and cons of attending Irish college
Former monastery should be bought to secure Dublin Gaelcholáiste’s future, say campaigners
Christian Brothers building on market for €3.75m next to Synge Street campus where transition to Irish is beginning
Planning rules for one-off housing to be eased under new proposals
Changes will be a ‘loosening’ of current restrictions but ‘not a free for all’, Government source says
‘We need a culture where people don’t just sell their house to the highest bidder’
New project aims to reduce number of vacant properties in Gaeltacht areas and make them available for Irish speakers
State’s failure to provide homes for Irish speakers ‘threatening future of language’
Young adults cannot remain in Gaeltacht areas because of high prices, holiday homes and planning rules, Oireachtas committee told
Housing crisis could be the ‘death’ of the Irish language, protest hears
Demonstration aimed at highlighting ‘disproportionate’ impact shortage of affordable housing having on Gaeltacht areas
Adults aged under 35 and women most enthusiastic about learning Irish language, survey finds
Survey on behalf of Údarás na Gaeltachta measures public attitudes towards Irish language and Gaeltacht
Campaigners warn Irish language action plan may fail to meet public service targets
Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026-2028 is the first of two implementation plans to be implemented by 2030.
Teacher with 15 years’ experience facing €4,000 cost to pursue career in Ireland
‘I don’t think people realise just how many obstacles there are for teachers who qualify abroad’, says Sinéad Ryan
Annemarie Ní Churreáin: ‘There’s a deep respect embedded in Gaeltacht culture for troublemakers’
Poet reflects on how here upbringing has shaped her works, including her latest collection Hymn to All the Restless Girls
Irish-language education policy ‘ignores elephant in the room’, advocacy groups warn
Patron body says ‘little progress’ made on similar goals announced 20 years ago
‘We were viewed as the weirdos’: Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up in an Irish-speaking family
Fiddle player, sean nós singer and presenter Doireann Ní Ghlacáin on growing up speaking Irish in Dublin, her hit podcast How to Gael, and her new show about Irish womanhood
Thousands march in Dublin to demand greater Irish-language rights and help for Gaeltacht
Demonstrators want action on housing and education, look for help in next month’s budget
Deirdre Ní Choistín: ‘When TG4 was established, people said this is a waste of money’
Deirdre Ní Choistín, árd stiúrthóir of TG4, says the station is a key part of the current revival of the Irish language
Going to the Gaeltacht as an adult: All of the giddiness of a teenage trip with none of the awkwardness
The schedule is split between classes, social events, cultural evenings and getting to know the area
Grown-up Gaeltacht: ‘The week I spent in Ring - the people I met, the culture - was the best thing I could have done’
More adult Irish language students from Ireland and overseas are signing up for courses in Gaeltacht areas
‘Here comes everybody’: Connemara fishermen lead seafaring pilgrimage to patron saint MacDara
About 500 people on 85 boats made the annual journey to the saint’s uninhabited island off Co Galway’s western shores
Retired garda can challenge Garda Commissioner over loss of Irish-speaking allowance, court rules
High Court allows retired Donegal sergeant to take case to have his Gaeltacht allowance restored over claim of losses to pension
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne on the best Irish language books of 2025 so far
Including a history of the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movements, a gem of a novel by Darach Ó Scolaí and Joe McHugh’s entertaining account of learning Irish
Transformed Donegal Gaeltacht cottage in an epic setting for €1.375m
Horizon House is perfectly positioned to offer stunning sunset views
‘Arts’ dropped as a name of a Government department amid reshuffle by Coalition
Tourism and Gaeltacht move to other portfolios from Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Could Ireland’s housing crisis kill the Irish language?
In the News podcast: Irish language campaigners say the lack of housing and oversupply of holiday homes in Gaeltacht areas is displacing native speakers from their home counties
Airbnb landlords and holiday home owners are squeezing native speakers out of Gaeltacht areas
A consequence of the housing crisis is that it is accelerating the decline of the Irish language
As Fergus Finlay and Tom Clonan’s spat escalates, Sarah McInerney relishes the radio gold
Radio: The whiff of cordite in the RTÉ studio is strong enough to warrant a UN peacekeeping mandate of its own
Irish language workers stage half-day strike in protest at funding cuts
Activists and community groups call for ‘long-term solution’ to underfunding of Irish language sector
‘The phone would ring and it would be Mike Scott from the Waterboys or Bono from U2. Everyone wanted to talk to my father’
Film-maker, photographer and writer Bob Quinn has always refused to conform, but people seemed to love him for it, writes his son
‘A Gaeltacht-driven movement’: The civil rights agitation that spawned Raidió na Gaeltachta and TG4
Author and Irish language activist Máirtín Ó Cadhain prepared the ground for the Gaeltacht Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and 1970s with ‘his own agitation’
From Transylvania to Donegal: The Irish are much better at ‘being joyful’
Columbia Hillen moved from Transylvania to Donegal’s Gaeltacht region in 2010
‘The Bean an Tí looked shocked to see a Chinese girl speaking Irish’
Eva Pau, commercial director of family business Asia Market, on being immersed in Irish culture from an early age
Language watchdog checking if enough secondary education through Irish is being offered
Language rights ombudsman reviewing Department of Education compliance with statutory obligations under the Education Act
‘I am keen on making my kids deal with uncomfortable situations, but my daughter is struggling’
Ask the Expert: 'Is there something we should do to boost her confidence?'
Gaeltacht housing crisis: ‘We have nowhere else to go. What are we supposed to do? We’re too old to get a mortgage’
There is ‘a dangerous lack of long-term rental property’ in rural areas, with holiday rentals lying idle most of the year and families priced out of buying
The business of Irish colleges
Who runs them, how many do they teach, how much State money do they get?
Student dies while on Gaeltacht course in Co Galway
Girl had pre-existing medical condition and was out walking when she took ill
‘Fionn is fluent in Irish. It would be a shame to lose it.’ The boy who can’t access a secondary Gaelscoil
Advocates of Irish-medium education criticise Department of Education over second-level shortage
Gaeltacht portfolio goes back to Fianna Fáil as Fine Gael Ministers unwilling to take on the role
FF’s Thomas Byrne to become Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, with sources claiming many FG Ministers are not sufficiently fluent in Irish, or simply don’t want the job
Pitching for a role servicing wind farms off the west coast
Upgraded Ros an Mhíl port in Connemara sees major opportunity in renewables sector after declining fish quotas led to years of decline
€20m Irish-language arts and community funding announced
Strategy aims to promote and strengthen Irish language-based arts
‘An entire generation of young people from the Gaeltacht cannot buy a house nor a site in their own area’
Demonstrators gather at Leinster House to highlight the housing crisis in Gaeltacht areas
Can Irish survive as an everyday language in the Gaeltacht?
To ensure that Irish survives as a living part of the tapestry that goes to make Ireland a confident nation, the question of the Irish language needs to be brought out of the shadows and into the mainstream of public discourse
Irish language needs ‘a national effort’
Revitalising a language is not only about preserving its linguistic heritage – it also has social, political and practical aspects. But possibly the most important element of all is elevating its social status
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