The fada, the small, skyward pointing accent placed on vowels, and the inability in recent years of some of Ireland's biggest ...

Actor Pól Ó Gríofa, who voices the character Bandit in RTÉ ’s Irish-language version of the hit children’s television show ...

Vivienne Sayers O’Callaghan has mastered the 30-second pitch to get busy New Yorkers to listen: “Tell them who you are, what you need, how you can help them and how you can add creative value.” The ...

While Michael D Higgins , Ireland's poet president, won the world's hearts and secured his second term President of Ireland, ...

Speakers of minority languages need enforceable protections to participate fully in public life.

Learning to speak Irish fluently had not been part of my plan after war forced me to flee my hometown in Sumy, Ukraine, for a new life abroad. And yet here I am, four years later, taking classes with ...

I distinctly remember approaching my teacher at the top of the class on my first day of school. I cleared my throat, tugged on her top and said, “Can you say the words in English ‘cause I don’t have ...

Rather than wielding Gaeilge like a weapon, people are using it as a paintbrush to bring colour and vibrancy to every ...

The Banshee, a Dorchester Avenue pub, comes alive with the authentic Irish language as speakers and learners chat and brush up on their skills in a once-per-month gathering.

Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. More than a decade after she moved to Canada from Ireland, Billie Shannon says she feels proud to be ...

Language shapes our understanding of the world, our sense of selves and connects us to our culture. But the UN estimates that at least half of all languages spoken around the world will be extinct or ...

Obsession, control & betrayal. This powerful true-crime documentary tells the story of Stephanie Hansen, a young woman who was murdered at the hands of her fixated flatmate.