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Irish language to have equal status with English during Irish EU presidency

The Irish Times 21 Jan 2026
The Irish language will for the first time play a central part in Ireland’s presidency of the European Union later this year ... The presidency will also feature a series of cultural programmes involving Irish language literature, arts and music.
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Campaigners warn Irish language action plan may fail to meet public service targets

The Irish Times 21 Jan 2026
Published by the Department of the Gaeltacht on Tuesday, the Action Plan for Irish Language Public Services 2026-2028 sets out more than 100 recommendations intended to strengthen the State’s capacity to deliver bilingual public services.
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New action plan to deliver public services through Irish language

RTE 20 Jan 2026
The Government has published a strategy to improve the delivery of public services through the Irish language ... measures to encourage the use of the Irish language and to support Gaeltacht communities.
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Irish-language courts in North could be ‘open to abuse’, PSNI feared

The Irish Times 30 Dec 2025
A senior police officer warned Irish-language courts could be “open to abuse” if introduced in Northern Ireland, according to declassified documents released on Tuesday by the Northern state archives.
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The best Irish-language books of 2025

The Irish Times 20 Dec 2025
The lively Cló Iar Chonacht brought out almost a dozen and the other major Irish language publishers, Leabhar Comhar, Leabhar Breac, Futa Fata, An Gúm, Arlen House, Barzaz and others, have produced several.
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There’s just one problem with Ulster Scots. Unlike the Irish language, it doesn’t exist

The Irish Times 18 Dec 2025
His role is part of a complicated compromise to create an Irish Language Commissioner, agreed under the 2020 New Decade, New Approach deal to restore devolution, although only now being set up ... Also, the Irish language exists.
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Historic moment for Irish language as first-of-its-kind dictionary launches

Irish Central 11 Dec 2025
An Focl�ir Nua Gaeilge, the new monolingual Irish dictionary, "has the potential to transform the teaching and learning of Irish at all levels." ... .
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