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Fiddler reaches global audience with iPad teaching app
An award-winning teenage violin sensation has added a hi-tech string to her bow.
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Fionn, feidhmeannaigh agus an tsamhail nua mhaoinithe
NÁ CUIR uait an páipéar seo má luaim – arís eile – Foras na Gaeilge, an tSamhail Nua Mhaoinithe agus na heagrais bhunmhaoinithe.
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Gathering Festival to draw crowds
A well-established traditional music festival is expected to draw a crowd of around 10,000 to Killarney.
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School funds cut to pay for U-turn by Quinn
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has been accused of robbing Peter to pay Paul after cutting budgets for all primary schools in order to fund a U-turn on teacher cuts in the most disadvantaged schools.
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Words turned to music
ONE OF THE finest compliments an artist can be paid is to be told they were the inspiration for another’s creative output.
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FF criticises motion to 'downgrade' Irish
A resolution passed at the 2012 Young Fine Gael national conference in Tullamore calling for the removal of Irish as a compulsory subject in the Leaving Certificate has been criticised by Fianna Fáil.
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Tourist trail follows in footsteps of Colmcille
A new tourist trail revealing the life and legends of Derry’s patron saint has just been unveiled.
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Bursaries for four Donegal artists
Four creative artists from the county have been made recipients of the latest bursary from Ealaín na Gaeltachta Teo, a joint venture between Údarás na Gaeltachta and The Arts Council, which promotes development of the contemporary and traditional arts in the Gaeltacht areas.
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Ar scáth a chéile a chanann na daoine
BEOCHEIST: Is iomaí rud sa saol seo a chruthaíonn deighilt idir daoine.
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This Week Why Not...
Run for your life on Clare Island
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Exploiting our heritage
Ireland is incredibly rich in archaeological remains but is failing to protect and to promote this diverse heritage.
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Fassbender set to star in Cúchulainn film
Versatile actor Michael Fassbender is taking on another challenging film role — as legendary Celtic warrior Cúchulainn.
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Donegal shines in national literary schools awards ‘as Gaeilge’
Tory Island has always being renowned for its rich storytelling tradition and for the gifted and skilled storytellers it produced.
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Sraith nua d’Éalú ag tosú
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Ní hiad an IRA amháin a dhíchoimisiúnaigh
CÉ nár cuireadh an méid céannaspéise sa cheist, ní hiad an IRA agus paraimíleataigh eileamháin a scrios a n-armlóin ó thuaidh – rinne an RUC amhlaidh.
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Cúinne Lán Ghaeilge i gColáiste na Tríonóide
Tá cúinne fíorGhaeltachta le fáil i gcroílár Bhaile Átha Cliath i gColáiste na Tríonóide agus tá fáilte roimh chách.
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Baill nua ar bhord stiúrthóirí Amharclann na Mainistreach
Tá trí bhall nua ar bhord stiúrthóirí Amharclann na Mainistreach.
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An Luch Oibre i mbun na tua
CROBHINGNE: BHÍ TRÁTH ann nuair a bhí formhór an phobail sásta le saol an tua. Saghas idéil ann féin ba ea an feirmeoir lena chuid ba agus prátaí, agus ní bhfaighfeá deoch níos fearr sa bhialann ba ghalánta ná gruth agus meadhg féin.
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Duaiseanna Ghlór na nGael do Ghaillimh
Tá duaiseanna buaite ag ceithre ghrúpa i gContae na Gaillimhe i gcomórtas náisiúnta Ghlór na nGael 2011. Fógraíodh torthaí an chomórtais ar chlár Seán Bán Breathnach ar Raidió na Gaeltachta Dé hAoine seo caite.
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20 amhrán sa Chomórtas Naisiúnta Amhrán na Féile Pan Cheilteach 2012
Tógadh céim ar aghaidh an tseachtain seo caite chun amhrán na hÉireann a roghnú do Chomórtas Amhránaíochta na Féile Idirnáisiúnta Pan Cheilteach 2012 a bheidh ar siúl i gCeatharlach um Cháisc.
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Paráid na Féile Pádraig i gCeatharlach
Tionólfar cruinniú poiblí ar an Déardaoin,16 Feabhra ag 8.00i.n. i Halla an Bhaile, Ceatharlach chun Mórshiúl na Féile Pádraig a phlé. Beifear ag súil le tacaíocht mhór chun paráid na bliana seo a phleanáil agus a eagrú.
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Public lecture on Pádraic Ó Conaire
The Galway City Museum will mark the 130th anniversary of the birth of Irish writer and journalist Pádraic Ó Conaire with a public lecture on his work this Saturday.
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Plúiríní Sneachta i nGairdíní Altamont
Tá an t-earrach linn go hoifigiúil agus mar chruthú ar sin tá na plúiríní sneachta go flúirseach i nGairdíní Altamont. Cuirfear tús le Seachtain na bPlúiríní Sneachta ansin ar an Luan, 20 Feabhra.
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Cearta teanga, pobal mionteanga agus polasaí an Stáit
TUARASCÁIL : Thug An Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta deis don phobal le deireanas moltaí a roinnt leis an Stát san athbhreithniú atáthar á dhéanamh Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003.
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Bille le foilsiú mar thosaíocht
D’fhógair an Rialtas Dé Céadaoin seo caite go raibh Bille Gaeltachta 2012 le foilsiú mar thosaíocht.
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Teacher's pet
Is new General Secretary ready for fire fighting?
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Scríbhneoirí ar chamchuairt
Ar chamchuairt, beidh Gabriel Rosenstock, Catherine Foley agus Ré Ó Laighléis ag plé ceird na scríbhneoireachta, i mBÁC, i Maigh Eo agus i nGaillimh.
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Dráma úr ar an stáitse
Ar stáitse san ardchathair i mí an Mhárta beidh dráma Gaeilge úr á léiriú ag an gcompántas amharclainne feirsteach Aisling Ghéar.
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Seimineár i bPort Láirge
An gaol coiteann idir an stair, dinnseanchas, béaloideas agus an Ghaeilge a bheidh á phlé ag seimineár i bPort Láirge, 8 Márta.
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The formula is simple: real change
Entrenched vested interests are hijacking the Irish education system. Those who care about the future need to take it back
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End of a political era as de Valera's last surviving daughter laid to rest
An era in Irish political history came to a close yesterday with the funeral in Dublin of Eamon de Valera’s last surviving daughter.
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Funeral held for last child of de Valera
The grandson of the last surviving daughter of Eamon de Valera attended her funeral yesterday — just 24 hours after winning an All- Ireland final in Croke Park.
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Danny picks up a Hall of Fame award
Traditional music is about the art, about a melody that is as clear as spring water and is as pure as the air according to a Drimalost man who was recently nominated for a Hall of Fame award for his contribution to music by TG4.
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Canúintí nach ann dóibh
BEOCHEIST: Agus mé im chónaí i gcathair Chur, bím ag plé gach lá le Gearmáinis na hEilvéise. Is canúint í seo nár thuig Gearmánach riamh.
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Changed teaching of traditional music
Mícheál Ó hEidhin: “spirited” musician.
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Mother of Éamon Ó Cuív dies at 93
EMER Í Chuív, one of seven children of the late president Eamon de Valera and Sinéad de Valera, and mother of Fianna Fáil deputy leader Éamon Ó Cuív, has died aged 93. She died in hospital in Dublin yesterday morning.
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O'Riada adds to renaissance of trad
Triúr’s new album is proof that imagination and passion still drive traditional music
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Deireadh Seachtaine do bheirt ag an bhFéile Pan Cheilteach
Le cúpla mí anuas reachtáil Gaelport.com, mar aon le Pan Cheilteach agus Óstán an Seven Oaks comórtas do dheireadh seachtaine i gCeatharlach le linn na Féile Pan Cheilteach a bheidh ar siúl ó 10 go 15 Aibreán na bliana seo.
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Coláiste Samhraidh do dhéagóirí
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Tacaíocht don Ionad chúram Leanaí
Bhronn Cumann Sóisialta na Mac Léinn in Acadamh na hOllscolaíochta Gaeilge ar an gCeathrú Rua seic €1,080 ar Ionad Chúram Leanaí na Ceathrún Rua le déanaí.
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Duaiseanna Ghlór ar an Raidió
Craolfar an clár SBB Tráthnóna beo ó oifigí Ghlór na nGael i Ráth Cairn na Mí ar Raidió na Gaeltachta tráthnóna amárach, Dé hAoine 10 Feabhra, agus fógrófar buaiteoirí na duaiseanna speisialta i gComórtas Ghlór na nGael na bliana seo. Tá na gearrliostaí do na comórtais náisiúnta fógartha cheana féin agus fógrófar na buaiteoirí náisiúnta ag searmanas in Óstán an Carton House, Maigh Nuad ar an 25 Feabhra.
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Cláraigh do Sheachtain na Gaeilge
Tá Conradh na Gaeilge ag cur ball críoch ar Chlár na Gaillimhe de Sheachtain na Gaeilge, féile a bheidh ar siúl ón 5 – 17 Márta. Beidh na céadta imeacht ar siúl le linn na tréimhse sin agus na mílte duine ag glacadh páirte sna himeachtaí.
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Ar mo thaisteal dom
Cuirfidh Máirtín Davy Ó Coisdealbha tús le sraith nua, Ar mo thaisteal Dom, ar Raidió na Gaeltachta tráthnóna Dhomhnaigh seo chugainn, 12 Feabhra, ag 6.30i.n.
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Feall fillte
CROBHINGNE: Nuair a bhínn ag taisteal an domhain de shiúl mo chos is mó rud a d’fhoghlaim mé.
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Rialtas faoi ionsaí as 'droch-chinneadh' eile teanga a dhéanamh
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Bonus points for Irish? That's bogus
A parent writes: Leaving Cert students who do their exams through Irish get grade boosts that add up to extra CAO points. This has been the case for so long it has been overlooked as a very serious inequality in our system.
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Cabinet approves Gaeltacht Bill plan
THE GOVERNMENT has approved as a priority the drafting of legislation to provide a new definition of the Gaeltacht and make amendments to the role and functions of Údarás na Gaeltachta, the Gaeltacht Authority.
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Criteria shake-up will mean new Gaeltacht areas
The landscape of Gaeltacht areas across the country could be dramatically changed under plans agreed by the Cabinet.
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A world of music at Celtic Connections
THE first weekend of the 18-day Celtic Connections festival opened on Jan 19 with an Evening with Béla Fleck and the Flecktones at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.
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Concern over ‘alarming drop’ in Gaeltacht’s native speakers
An “alarming” drop in the number of Irish speakers in a Kerry Gaeltacht parish which produced some of the best known writers in Irish is causing concern.
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Bòrd na Gàidhlig sponsors new Gaelic Award for schools
This year’s Scottish Education Awards will see the inclusion of a Gaelic award for the first time.
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Sinn Fein version of united Ireland needs close examination
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Mind your language, deputies
The main business of Dáil Éireann will be conducted through Irish on March 7th, as part of Irish Language Week.
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Eoghan Ó hAnluain - Writer and noted editor of 'Comhar'
Eoghan Ó hAnluain, who has died aged 74, was a writer and critic, lecturer in the department of modern Irish at UCD, former chairman of Cumann Merriman and a noted editor of Comhar.
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Dara is back on the Box
Dara Ó Cinnéide will return to our television screens this evening as a new series of Seo Spóirt on TG4 gets underway.
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New Irish web resource includes Donegal recordings
Three hundred Irish-language audio and video recordings, including recordings made in Donegal, are now available to the public through a new Irish resource on the internet that was launched yesterday.
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Local school pilots Irish language app
A local primary school is among the first to pilot a new language application in a bid to get pupils speaking Irish.
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National anthem won't lose FF lyrics
There are no government plans to remove the worlds ‘Fianna Fail’ from the national anthem, the Minister for Finance has revealed.
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Brian Rooney wins TG4 music award
Long-time London resident Brian Rooney heads the list of recipients of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2012 (Traditional Music Awards) announced last Thursday night.
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All aboard for train series
The people, the stories and the quirky traditions surrounding the trains of West Cork are to be immortalised in a TV series that begins this week.
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Ainmniúcháin Ghradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh le dúnadh go luath
Tá ainmniúcháin do Ghradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh, a bhíonn á reáchtáil ag an eagraíocht Gaillimh le Gaeilge, ar oscailt go dtí an Déardaoin seo chugainn, 9 Feabhra.
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Oscailt oifigiúil ‘Cult Úr’
D’oscail an tAire Cultúir ó thuaidh Carál Ní Chuilín siopa nua Gaeilge, Cult Úr, san ionad siopadóireachta ar Shráid Thomáis i gCathair Ard Mhacha go hoifigiúil le déanaí.
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The art of boxing clever
A new initiative by a County Clare community group will help traditional musicians master the concertina writes Gerry Quinn
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Gaeilge le Chéile na míosa
Cuirfear fáilte roimh chách ag Gaeilge le Chéile na míosa ar an Déardaoin, 2ú Feabhra ag 9.00i.n. i dteach tábhairne Reddys.
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Cór an Aifrinn
Cuirfear fáilte roimh amhránaithe agus ceoltóirí don chór a chanann ag an Aifreann as Gaeilge in Ardeaglais na Deastógála, Ceatharlach.
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Ciorcal Comhrá Iarscoile i gCeatharlach
Tá an-áthas ar Glór Cheatharlach a fhógairt go reachtálfar Ciorcal Comhrá Iarscoile go speisialta do mhicléinn na hArdteistiméireachta i gCeatharlach an t-earrach seo.
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Deireadh le Díospóireachtaí Ghael-Linn?
Tá sé ráite ag Antoine Ó Coileáin, Príomhfheidhmeannach Gael Linn, go bhfuil Foras na Gaeilge ag beartú deireadh a chur le maoiniú do chomórtais Díospóireachta Ghael Linn.
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Comhairle le lorg don athbhreithniú
Agus tús á chur ag Roinn na Gaeltachta le scrúdú na haighneachtaí mar chuid den athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, tá fáilte curtha ag Conradh na Gaeilge agus Guth na Gaeltacht roimh dheimhniú an Aire Stáit Gaeltachta, Dinny McGinley TD, go mbeidh a Roinn ag dul i gcomhairle le saineolaithe aitheanta pleanála teanga, cosúil leis an Ollamh Colin Williams, mar chuid den phróiseas comhairliúcháin ar athbhreithniú an Achta.
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Protests and insults over school cuts
Protests were held outside the Dáil and insults were hurled within it last night over the Government cuts to small schools.
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Príomhfheidhmeannach nua don Údarás
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NUIG launches iTunes channel to help schoolchildren learn Irish
A new learning resource, The iTunes U – COGG Channel, developed by NUI Galway for Gaeltacht and all-Irish primary schools was launched this week.
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It’s Gradam time — Gaillimh le Gaeilge looking for nominations for premier Irish language award
Representatives from a variety of businesses and organisations in Galway City attended an Information Evening about Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh in the Menlo Park Hotel last week when Gaillimh le Gaeilge announced that the award is now open for nominations.
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The pipes are calling the tune in trad
For the second year in a row an uileann piper has taken a top award at the TG4 Gradam Ceoil Awards, with Caoimhín Ó Feargháil, who was born in Chicago, capturing Young Musician of the Year.
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Spellbound text in old Irish finally yields to translation
An Austrian-born professor claims to have comprehensively translated one of the first written passages of old Irish, which has defied previous translations.
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SBB Ina Shuí is back
Early evening on Irish TV in the early 1980s. A shot of a bus rolling down a road in Connemara soundtracked by Horslips’ ‘Sword Of Light’. SBB Ina Shuí was starting.
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Sléacht sráide
CROBHINGNE: Aon abairt amháin atá ag Tony Judt mar gheall air ina stair ollmhór Postwar: a history of Europe since 1945.
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Agóid faoi chiorruithe scoile sa Ghaeltacht
Tá agóideoirí, a bhaileoidh os comhair na Dála inniu (ag 6pm) chun a gcuid feirge i leith ciorruithe múinteoirí i scoileanna beaga Gaeltachta a léiriú, ag súil go dtiocfaidh an tAire Oideachais Ruairí Quinn amach chun labhairt leo.
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Deireadh le caint
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Stádas Gaeltachta do Chontae an Chláir faoi chaibidil
Stádas Gaeltachta do Chontae an Chláir a bheidh á phlé ag ollchruinniú oscailte a bheidh ar siúl sa chumann gailf i gCill Rois Dé hAoine.
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Comóradh Comhar
Beidh an iris Comhar 70 bliain d’aois mí Bealtaine seo chugainn, a scríobhann Máiréad Ní Chinnéide.
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FF condemn Quinn’s sneaky approach to cuts
Ruairi Quinn, the education minister, was accused of spinning budget cuts and taking a “sneaky approach” to reducing teacher numbers in small schools.
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Fluent in three months? Mon dieu!
How did an electronic engineer who was only average at languages in school learn more than 20 and change his career?
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School's out, activities in
Playing video games might be good for children’s development, a new report has found
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Dráma dorcha le Liam Ó Flaithearta i gcló den chéad uair
De réir an amhráin “it’s a long way from here to Clare”. Is faide arís an bealach go Kentucky, ámh.
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Bua straitéise
Is iad na buanna beaga is mó a thógann do chroí in amanna.
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Glór Uachtar Tíre ag neartú na Gaeilge i nDeisceart an Dúin
Tá go leor dul chun cinn déanta ag an Ghaeilge in Ultaibh le glúin anuas ach ní minic a luaitear Caisleán Uidhlín / Caisleán an Mhuilinn ar na háiteanna is mó chun cinn sa ghluaiseacht sin.
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Gaeltacht loses €1m business to bigger rival
The decision by online teacher training college Hibernia to shift its student summer courses from the Iveragh Gaeltacht to the bigger Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht on the Dingle peninsula has been described as an “unbelievable loss.”
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More than a hundred new jobs created in Mayo Gaeltacht in 2011
A total of 109 new jobs were created in the Mayo Gaeltacht in 2011, according to the Údarás na Gaeltachta annual report just released.
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Teic ard; teagmháil íseal
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Derry to host 2013 all-Ireland fleadh
Derry is to host next year’s All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, becoming the first venue north of the Border to stage the event which attracts up to 300,000 visitors.
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Taxi signs may breach language law
New information signs provided to taxi drivers to display in their vehicles could be in breach of the Official Languages Act, Foras na Gaeilge has said.
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Tourists flock to the capital for weekend full of craic agus ceol
The streets echoed to the sound of Irish music but the crowd was overwhelmingly foreign.
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Who's thrown a spanner in 'The Works'?
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Packed meeting hears fears for future of schools
DINGLE’S Pobalscoil Corca Dhuibhne was packed to the rafters on Monday night as hundreds of concerned parents and local residents attended a public meeting called by INTO staff representatives to discuss issues facing the West Kerry Gaeltacht following budgetary proposals to change pupil teacher ratios.
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Údarás to create 700 new jobs this coming year
A total of 178 new jobs were created in the Galway Gaeltacht in 2011, according to the annual report of Údarás na Gaeltachta.
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Fostaíocht an Údaráis seasmhach ag 7,000
Tá athbhreithniú Údarás na Gaeltachta 2011 foilsithe agus tugtar le fios ann go raibh fostaíocht i gcliantchomhlachtaí an Údaráis seasmhach ag 7,000 duine in 2011.
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Children who are too busy perform poorly at school
WELL-INTENTIONED parents can keep their children so busy on organised activities it damages their school performance.
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Ceol’s Comhrá the Castlebar based Club Óige is back
Ceol’s Comhrá is a group aimed at secondary school students offering them an opportunity to use whatever Irish they may have while trying out different activities.
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Leitrim’s hardworking County Librarian retires after 44 years
As a writer, a genealogist, a keen student and advocate of the Irish language and someone who has played a major role in the preservation of Gaeilge in Leitrim, it is hard to imagine how anyone would have time for any other interests never mind being the Secretary of Coiste Cultúir agus Teanga (Culture and Language) committee and Leitrim County Head Librarian.
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Athbhreithniú ar an Acht Teanga
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U-turn by Ulster Council on Derry fleadh welcomed
THE U-TURN by the Ulster Council of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Éireann on its decision not to support Derry’s bid for the all-Ireland fleadh next year was widely welcomed yesterday.
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Some small rural schools are being put in immediate jeopardy by staffing cuts
AS A Fine Gael Senator and former education spokeswoman, I have a request for Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn.
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Daltaí Gaelscoile dearfach faoin nGaeilge
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State committee to accept public petitions
The public will soon be able to submit petitions to an Oireachtas committee calling for investigations into issues they believe merit attention.
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Kingdom takes centre stage in tourism campaign
It’s a bit like times past when the sales line used to be ‘Kerry for the holidays’ but, this time, the audience is international.
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NUIG announces 2012 Alumni Award winners
Druid co-founder and actress Marie Mullen and the Attorney General Máire Whelan will be among the recipients of the 2012 NUI Galway Alumni Awards.
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Ceardlann scríbhneoireacht chruthaitheach
Cuireadh tús le sraith ceardlanna sa scríbhneoireacht chruthaitheach i Seanscoil Sailearna, Indreabhán oíche Luain seo caite.
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Comórtas Aintiún Euro 2012
Tá comórtas nua fógartha chun teacht ar an aintiún Gaeilge nuachumtha is fearr chun ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar éacht fhoireann sacair na hÉireann agus iad páirteach sa chomórtas sacair Euro 2012.
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Brady to headline Ballincollig’s winter festival
Music legend Paul Brady is set to perform one of his most intimate gigs as part of a Cork town’s music festival this weekend.
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Pearse
CROBHINGNE: B’É A ghuth an chéad rud a gcuirfeá suaithinseacht ann, nuair a chloisfeá é. Guth mín réidh sibhialta a raibh siúcra donn tríd.
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Spriocdháta suirbhé
Níl ach sé lá fágtha ag an bpobalchun aighneachtaí agus suirbhéanna a chur isteach mar chuid den athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla.
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Bliain chinniúnach na straitéise don Ghaeltacht agus don Ghaeilge
TÁIMID AG tús tréimhse a bheidh fíorchinniúnach ó thaobh thodhchaí na Gaeilge sa Ghaeltacht.
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Acht Gaeilge anois!
Tá molta ag coiste comhairleach de chuid Chomhairle na hEorpa go n-achtófaí reachtaíocht chuimsitheach d’fhonn cearta teanga a chaomhnú i dTuaisceart Éireann ar bhonn práinne.
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Méadú 60.8% ar an Ghaelscolaíocht
Leirigh figiúirí a thug John O’Dowd, Aire Oideachais an Tuaiscirt, sa Tionól an fás atá ar an Ghaeloideas le deich mbliana anuas.
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Funding granted to 97 radio projects
Dublin: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland has announced grants totalling €962,000 to 97 projects to be aired on commercial, community and public service radio stations.
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Deenihan advisor formally appointed
The Cabinet has formalised the appointment of an advisor to Minister for Ars, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan.
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Ferry firm challenges council's harbour levy
A FERRY company serving the Aran Islands has brought a High Court challenge aimed at overturning Galway County Council’s decision to impose an 80 cent levy on all passengers disembarking at Cill Rónáin harbour on Inis Mór.
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No more heroes
My late mother moved from Gweedore as a “lifestyle choice” to Westland Row, Dublin, aged 18 and without a word of English. Espying a fellow Gweedore friend in the city, they both spoke in excited Irish. Soon a crowd gathered around to listen to them.
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Fury as Derry bid to host All-Ireland fleadh rejected
FURIOUS Comhaltas members in Derry are to appeal a decision to reject their bid to host Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann.
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Surprise at Ulster Council rejection of Derry fleadh application
A DECISION by the Ulster Council of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann rejecting Derry’s application to hold the all-Ireland fleadh next year has sent out the wrong message and caused surprise and disappointment within the wider organisation, according to the head of Comhaltas Labhrás Ó Murchú.
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Social class and gender have huge effect on the way pupils are taught
CHILDREN are being taught in dramatically different ways depending on their gender, social background and the age of the teacher.
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Údarás reveals job loss slowdown
Údarás na Gaeltachta, the regional authority responsible for the economic, social and cultural development of the Gaeltacht, has announced net job losses for 2011 of 104, the lowest decrease in employment in a decade.
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FF Bill proposes lobby registration
Legislation proposed by Fianna Fáil would make it mandatory for political lobbyists to register and disclose their clients and activities, writes Harry McGee.
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City of Tribes wants to turn back time with new invasion
Galway is hoping to turn back the pages of history and make its city streets the tribal capital of the world, writes Brian McDonald.
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Ag cur régime nua i bhfeidhm
BEOCHEIST: IS É seo an t-am is mó sa bhliain a thugaimid geallúint régime nua a chur i bhfeidhm inár saol. Bliain úr, tús úr, duine úr.
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Gaeltacht parents oppose teacher ratio changes in smaller primary schools
PARENTS OF children in small Gaeltacht schools have called on the Minister for Education to outline how he believes imposing new pupil-teacher ratios in small primary schools will save money in the long term.
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Protests at new teacher ratios
PARENTS CONCERNED about new pupil-teacher ratios affecting the viability of small schools are voicing their concerns in Galway today.
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Distinguished poet and translator who strived for 'true gentleness'
PEARSE HUTCHINSON, who has died aged 84, was a poet and translator whose verse was first published in 1945 and whose final collection appeared in 2008.
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Pearse Hutchinson
A distinguished bilingual writer whose translations also uncovered new poetic worlds, writes Michael McLoughlin
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Mayo biographies feature on Irish language website
Dinny McGinley, Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, has launched a new Irish-language biographies website, www.ainm.ie at the end of the year at the National Library on Kildare Street, Dublin.
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Irish classes a good move by Titanic campus
I SHOULD like to congratulate Belfast Metropolitan College on its initiative in offering an Irish language class as part of its programme in the new Titanic Quarter campus.
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Encouraging slowdown in Gaeltacht job losses
COMPANIES operating in Gaeltacht areas suffered a net loss of more than 100 jobs last year.
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TG4 show snapped up by NBC International
The rights to distribute a show that first aired on TG4 have been bought by NBC Universal, the international media and entertainment company.
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Gaelchultúr launches spring class schedule
Gaelchultúr has launched its spring schedule of Irish language evening classes for adults.
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Kate Rowan: Words of the wise for Irish rugby coach Declan Kidney ... as gaelige
WATCHING TG4’s Rugbaí Beo coverage of Rabo Pro Direct fixtures as well as their Heineken Cup highlights package would have provided plenty of food for thought for armchair rugby fans in helping colour their decision of whether Declan Kidney got his selection of senior squad, additional uncapped players and Wolfhounds squad right, whether or not you are an Irish speaker.
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