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Tequila Tíre on RnaG

Publish Date - 03 February 2012
Tequila Tíre on RnaG

The RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta country music programme, Tequila Tíre will now air on Sundays from 9pm to midnight instead of Monday nights.

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Gaeltacht schools still face cuts despite 500+ taking to the streets

Publish Date - 02 February 2012
Gaeltacht schools still face cuts despite 500+ taking to the streets

500 people marched outside  Dáil Éireann last night in opposition to the proposed cuts to small, rural and Gaeltacht schools.  Despite the large group of protesters the motion to oppose these cuts was rejected by a Dáil vote last night.

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Eoghan Mac Diarmada named as this year’s Ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge

Publish Date - 01 February 2012
Eoghan Mac Diarmada named as this year’s Ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge

“Almost all of us speak at least a little Irish, even if it’s only a few words” said Eoghan Mac Diarmada, the 2012 ambassador for Seachtain na Gaeilge, motivating  hundreds of thousands of people to speak their native language during Seachtain na Gaeilge this year.

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Samhail do na heagrais Ghaeilge le plé ag Cruinniú na nAirí

Publish Date - 01 February 2012
Samhail do na heagrais Ghaeilge le plé ag Cruinniú na nAirí
Pléifear an dul chun cinn atá déanta ag Foras na Gaeilge i dtaca leis an gcomhairliúchán poiblí ar an struchtúr úr maoinithe do na heagrais bunmhaoinithe ag cruinniú de chuid na Comhairle Aireachta Thuaidh Theas (CATT) ar 12 Feabhra 2012.

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Tuairisc Dála: Beirt Ombudsman “níos éifeachtaí”

Publish Date - 01 February 2012
Tuairisc Dála: Beirt Ombudsman “níos éifeachtaí”
Cuireadh clabhsúr leis an gcomhairliúchán poiblí ar ghnéithe d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla inné, 31 Eanáir 2012.

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Agóid na scoileanna Gaeltachta

Publish Date - 01 February 2012
Agóid na scoileanna Gaeltachta
Ar lá fhéile Bríde, ardóidh múinteoirí, tuismitheoirí agus muintir na Gaeltachta a seolta agus ní stopfaidh siad  go seasfaidh siad os comhair na Dála i gceartlár Bhaile Átha Cliath.

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Ceol ‘s Cómhrá get behind the camera

Publish Date - 31 January 2012
Ceol ‘s Cómhrá get behind the camera

Castlebar youth group Ceol ‘s Comhrá will meet every Monday in the NYP and this year the group will be taking up filmmaking.

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Call for Papers for Déise Gaeltacht Conference

Publish Date - 31 January 2012
Call for Papers for Déise Gaeltacht Conference
The first ever Comhdháil na nDéise Conference which will focus on the language of the Waterford Déise Gaeltacht will be held in Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)  on May 31 2012.

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New Funding Model will close Voluntary Irish Language Organisations.

Publish Date - 30 January 2012
New Funding Model will close Voluntary Irish Language Organisations.

In a statement issued over the weekend by the former Presidents of Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, new recommendations relating to the New Funding Model proposed by Foras na Gaeilge have been put forward.  The former Presidents contend the New Model will put an end to Irish language voluntary organisations.

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Príomhfheidhmeannach úr le ceapadh ar an Údarás

Publish Date - 27 January 2012
Príomhfheidhmeannach úr le ceapadh ar an Údarás
Tugadh le fios inniú ag cruinniú boird Údarás na Gaeltachta go bhfuil  tús le cur an tseachtain seo chugainn le próiseas earcaíochta chun Príomhfheidhmeannach úr a cheapadh ar an eagraíocht.  

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Environmental series returns to BBC Northern Ireland

Publish Date - 27 January 2012
Environmental series returns to BBC Northern Ireland

Environmental series, Luí na Talún will return for a second series on BBC Northern Ireland  (BBC2NI) from Monday, 31st January at 7.30.

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Grant boost for Gaeltacht childcare centre

Publish Date - 25 January 2012
Grant boost for Gaeltacht childcare centre

A grant worth €38,00 has today been sanctioned  for a child care centre in An Cheathrú Rua in the Conamara Gaeltacht.

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Irish language and Scots Gaelic poetry competition

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Irish language and Scots Gaelic poetry competition
The fourth annual Comórtas Filíochta Uí Néill, an annual competition for new poetry from Ireland and Scotland will take place again as part
of this year’s Turas na bhFilí Albanacha



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Recommendations from Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Recommendations from Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012

Earlier this month the Irish speaking community and experts in language planning came together at Tóstal na Gaeilge, organised by Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge. 

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Protect your language rights!

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Protect your language rights!
Following on from the Goverment’s commitment in the Programme for  Government The Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht is  conducting a review of the Official Languages Act 2003.


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Glór na nGael ag ullmhú do Chomórtas 2012

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Glór na nGael ag ullmhú do Chomórtas 2012
Tá Oifigigh Fhorbartha Glór na nGael i mbun clárú coistí do chomórtas 2012, i láthair na huaire agus tá foirmeacha iontrála á seoladh ag breis agus 150 coiste deonacha ar fud na tíre.




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Seanad Éireann – Ráitis ar an nGaeilge

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Seanad Éireann – Ráitis ar an nGaeilge
Cuirtear i leith an tSeanaid go minic gur beag a bhaintear amach sa  seomra uachtarach i dTeach Laighean agus nach  bhfuil ann ach teach scoir do Theachtaí Dála nár éirigh leo sa toghchán deireanach.Ní fheadar ar bhréagnaigh an díospóireacht a bhí ann Dé Céadaoin mar ar
thug Seanadóirí ‘ráitis ar an nGaeilge’ na líomhaintí sin ach plé meáite bríomhar ab ea é ar aon chuma.

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Cór Chúl Aodha to feature at Temple Bar TradFest

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Cór Chúl Aodha to feature at Temple Bar TradFest
Dublin’s biggest and best festival of Irish Music and Culture, the Temple Bar TradFest will be back for the 7th year from January 25-29th 2012.



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Trad musicians head to Dingle Gaeltacht

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Trad musicians head to Dingle Gaeltacht
Scoil Cheoil an Earraigh, a traditional music school will be held in mBaile an Fheirtéaraigh on the Dingle Peninsula, Co. Kerry from 15 -19 February 2012.



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Rith 2012 ready for road

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Rith 2012 ready for road
Due to the phenomenal success of Rith 2010, the countrywide marathon has now been made a biennial event and will run this year from 8th-17th March 2012.



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Celtic Celebration at Feis na nGael 2012

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Celtic Celebration at Feis na nGael 2012
Feis na nGael 2012, a celebration of Irish and Scottish Gaelic will take place in Dublin on 27th- 28th January 2012.


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Éigse na Brídeoige 2012

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Éigse na Brídeoige 2012
Éigse na Brídeoige will take place in the Uíbh Ráthach Gaeltacht in Co. Kerry from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5th February 2012.  This year’s festival celebrates the area’s mountains and mountain life, in Iveragh primarily, but also with the odd quick trip east to the Himalayas. 



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New Funding Model Rejected by Irish language sector

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
New Funding Model Rejected by Irish language sector

In a  joint statement issued last week by the 19 Irish language organisations core-funded by Foras na Gaeilge, the organisations have spoken out strongly against the new funding  model proposed by Foras na Gaeilge for the core-funded sector.  

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Win a copy of travel adventure I gCóngar i gCéin

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Win a copy of travel adventure I gCóngar i gCéin
A thriller set in the heart of the Mediterranean, win a copy of the latest novel by the renowned Irish language author, Pádraig Ó Standún, ‘I gCóngar i gCéin’.



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Conallach anois ina Uachtarán ar Oireachtas na Gaeilge

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Conallach anois ina Uachtarán ar Oireachtas na Gaeilge
Thosaigh Mícheál Mac Giolla Easbuic ar a thréimhse mar Uachtarán Oireachtas na Gaeilge 2012 inné. Beidh páirt lárnach ag Mícheál, as Cill Charthaigh i gCo. Dhún na nGall, i stiúradh na hócáide is mó i bhféilire an Oireachtais, is é sin Oireachtas na Samhna a bheidh ar siúl i Leitir Ceanainn i mí na Samhna.

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Recommendations to improve the Official Languages Act

Publish Date - 24 January 2012
Recommendations to improve the Official Languages Act
At a symposium entitled “The Official Languages Act 2003: Recommended Improvements” which was held last Saturday, guest speakers discussed the implementation of this legislation, and suggested methods of improving its effectiveness.

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Oidhreacht na hIrise Comhar le ceiliúradh i gCathair na Mart

Publish Date - 23 January 2012
Oidhreacht na hIrise Comhar le ceiliúradh i gCathair na Mart
Is é Cathal Goan, iar-Ard-Stiúrthóir RTÉ agus Cathaoirleach ar bhord Comhar a osclóidh Scoil Gheimhridh Chumann Merriman tráthnóna Aoine. Oidhreacht na hirise liteartha Comhar ó bunaíodh í sa bhliain 1942 a bheidh á plé ag an scoil in Óstán Westport i gCathair na Mart ón 27 go dtí 29 Eanáir.



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Torthaí an Údaráis 2011

Publish Date - 23 January 2012
Torthaí an Údaráis 2011
“Ábhar misnigh” is ea an laghdú a tháinig ar ráta na gcaillteanas post sa Ghaeltacht in 2011, dar le Liam Ó Cuinneagáin, Cathaoirleach agus Seán Ó  Labhraí,  Príomhfheidhmeannach Eatramhach, Údarás na Gaeltachta.

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Dánta á lorg

Publish Date - 17 January 2012
Dánta á lorg
Tá Rody Gorman ag ullmhú don chéad eagrán eile don iris, An Guth 7. Foilsithe ag Coiscéim bíonn scoth na bhfilíochta ó fhilí in  Éirinn agus ó Albain le léamh sa duanaire.

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Cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta le plé sa Seanad Dé Céadaoin

Publish Date - 17 January 2012
Cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta le plé sa Seanad Dé Céadaoin
Reáchtálfar díospóireacht sa Seanad ar chúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta tráthnóna amárach, Dé Céadaoin 18 Eanáir ag 2 i.n.

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International experts call for Language Act for North

Publish Date - 17 January 2012
International experts call for Language Act for North
An advisory committee for the Council of Europe has urged authorities in Northern Ireland to enact languages legislation for the protection of language rights in the jurisdiction.


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Core-Funded Irish Language Organisations Reject Proposed New Funding Model

Publish Date - 17 January 2012
Core-Funded Irish Language Organisations Reject Proposed New Funding Model
In a  joint statement issued today by the 19 Irish language organisations core-funded by Foras na Gaeilge, the organisations have spoken out strongly against the new funding  model proposed by Foras na Gaeilge for the core-funded sector.

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Interdenominational Service in Irish

Publish Date - 16 January 2012
Interdenominational Service in Irish

Cumann Gaelach na hEaglaise will run an interdenominational service in Irish as part of this year’s new theme, “We will all be changed”.

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“Office of the Irish Language Commissioner must retain its independence” declare speakers at Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012.

Publish Date - 14 January 2012
“Office of the Irish Language Commissioner must retain its independence” declare speakers at Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012.
t Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012, which took place in Dublin today organised by Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge, national and international experts were agreed for the successful implementation of the Official Languages Act, it is critical the Office of the Language Commissioner retain its independence and not be merged with any other state department or agency.  

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New Raidió na Life series to focus on Leaving Certificate Irish exam

Publish Date - 13 January 2012
New Raidió na Life series to focus on Leaving Certificate Irish exam

With more emphasis placed on the oral Irish exam than ever, Raidió na Life provides a valuable learning resource for students with the radio series Gaeilge na hArdteiste.

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Inspirational Irish speakers to speak at Imbolc 2012

Publish Date - 12 January 2012
Inspirational Irish speakers to speak at Imbolc 2012
The first ever Imbolc conference was organised three years ago in Baile  Bhuirne in the Muskerry Gaeltacht in Cork, with the aim of inspiring some hope and inspiration amongst Irish speakers at a time when the county was shaken by the collapse of the economy.


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A New Journey on Ulster Rail

Publish Date - 12 January 2012
A New Journey on Ulster Rail
A fascinating new series begins in Derry and Donegal with the story of Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railways.

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Ciorcal Comhrá Cois Teallaigh

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Ciorcal Comhrá Cois Teallaigh
Agus 2012 linn beidh Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge ag cur  muintir na cathrach ag caint agus ag comhrá le chéile trí mheán na
Gaeilge gach tráthnóna Dé Luain ar feadh ocht seachtaine.

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Merriman Winter School 2012

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Merriman Winter School 2012
Crowds will head to the scenic town of Westport in Co. Mayo to attend the 2012 Merriman Winter School which takes place from Friday 27 – Sunday 29 January 2012.




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Choose Irish as your new year’s resolution for 2012!

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Choose Irish as your new year’s resolution for 2012!
If you have not chosen your new year’s resolution yet, why not  consider choosing to use your Irish as a great way to start off the new year. Between conversational circles, and Irish language classes, there is a wide choice for every age group, and competency level.

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Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012: Fortifying the Status of the Irish language

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012: Fortifying the Status of the Irish language

Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge have announced that Dónall Ó Braonáin, Chief Executive of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, at NUI, Galway will officially open Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012 next Saturday.

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Ten Week Plan for Leaving Certificate Irish Oral Exam

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Ten Week Plan for Leaving Certificate Irish Oral Exam

Workshops aimed at Irish teachers on the topic of the Irish Oral exam, directed by educational advisor Elaine Ní Neachtain, will take place next week in Mayo and Dublin.  

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Consultation Process Launched for New Funding Model.

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Consultation Process Launched for New Funding Model.

Foras na Gaeilge yesterday announced the launch of a public consultation process relating to the method in which Irish language organisations are funded.  Foras na Gaeilge currently allocate annual funding to 19 core funded organisations.

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Pan Celtic Festival Prize-winner announced

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Pan Celtic Festival Prize-winner announced
During the month of December Gaelport.com in association with Glór Cheatharlach and the Seven Oaks Hotel organised a competition a weekend away which includes two nights B&B in the Seven Oaks Hotel in Carlow.  Over 200 people entered this competition through


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Win a copy of Angela's Ashes as Gaeilge

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Win a copy of Angela's Ashes as Gaeilge
This week one lucky Gaelport reader is in with a chance to get their hands on the newly published Luaithreach Angela which is the Irish language version of the acclaimed book Angela’s Ashes.




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Languages legislation under review at Trinity Conference

Publish Date - 10 January 2012
Languages legislation under review at Trinity Conference
Legal experts and constitutional lawyers are set to speak at a symposium to be held in Trinity College Dublin on the status of the Irish
language under the Official Languages Act.


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Dónal Ó Braonáin, of NUI, Galway to officially open Tóstal na Gaeilge this weekend.

Publish Date - 09 January 2012
Dónal Ó Braonáin, of NUI, Galway to officially open Tóstal na Gaeilge this weekend.

Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge have today announced that Dónall Ó Braonáin, Chief Executive of Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge, at NUI, Galway will officially open Tóstal na Gaeilge 2012 next Saturday.

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Public consultation on funding of Irish organisations

Publish Date - 09 January 2012
Public consultation on funding of Irish organisations
A new public consultation on a new funding model for Irish language  organisations has been launched today.

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Nollaig na mBan

Publish Date - 05 January 2012
Nollaig na mBan
In Áras na Scríbhneoirí i mBaile Átha Cliath Dé hAoine 6 Eanáir déanfar ceiliúradh ar chruthaitheacht na mban agus ar an bhféile traidisiúnta, Nollaig na mBan.



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Fógra do Mhúinteoirí Ealaíne

Publish Date - 04 January 2012
Fógra do Mhúinteoirí Ealaíne
Socraíodh ag an Chruinniú Chinn Bhliana ATAI Cumann na Múinteoirí Ealaíne ar na mallaibh go mbeidh leathnach faoi leith Gaeilge dóibh siúd atá ag múineadh trí mheán na Gaeilge ar shuímh Gréasáin ATAI.




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Push for Gaeltacht status in Clare

Publish Date - 04 January 2012
Push for Gaeltacht status in Clare
An Coiste Stiúrtha, The Clare Gaeltacht Committee - Coiste Forbartha na Gaeltachta do Chontae an Chláir intend seeking Gaeltacht status for all the people of County Clare or some of them in future.


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Letter to the Editor

Publish Date - 04 January 2012
Letter to the Editor
A chara,
We, as members of the Irish language community both within and outside of the Gaeltacht, expect that the Government will change its decision to merge the functions of the Language Commissioner with the Ombudsman Office in 2012 and are calling on the Government to make that change now rather than dragging out the process and further damaging the effectiveness of the office.



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