Current Campaigns

The Westminster General Election will take place on Thursday, 4th July 2024. Conradh na Gaeilge are asking the public to consider the #GaelVóta when voting in the upcoming election. A wide range of candidates for the Election from vari...

Public Consultation: Draft EQIA on Derry City and Strabane District Council’s updated dual language street signage policy Derry City and Strabane District Council are currently consulting on their draft EQIA for their updated dual langu...

Local elections and elections to the European Parliament take place on Friday, 7 June 2024. Conradh na Gaeilge are asking the public to consider the #GaelVóta when voting in these upcoming elections. A wide range of candidates for the ...

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the people of the Gaeltacht to obtain planning permission in their own localities. People have planning permission refused on the basis, according to the local councils, that they don’t have a ‘l...

Irish Language and Gaeltacht Investment Plan, 2024-2029 The Plan → In 2016, the first investment plan for the Irish Language and for the Gaeltacht was compiled and had two aims in particular: To stop the cutbacks in relation to...

An Lá Dearg 2022 Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich heading to Belfast City Hall 21.05.2022 An Lá Dearg 2022 We had a historic day in Belfast on the 21st May 2022. An Lá Dearg was the biggest Irish language protest the island has ever se...

Irish Language Commitments in Local Elections 2023 Local councils have an important role to play in fulfilling state duties in relation to the Irish language. This is because they have authority over areas such as street signage and com...

Update: Identity and Language (NI) Bill On the 25th of May 2022, the British Government announced that they would be introducing the Irish language legislation that was promised under the January 2020 New Decade, New Approach agreement ...

This scheme is currently closed for registration.  The language and cultural awareness scheme Ár dTeanga Chomhroinnte, or Our Shared Language, is coordinated by Conradh na Gaeilge and explores the origin, evolution, and development...

 People & Place Our place-names tradition is at the core of our shared heritage here, giving us an insight into the history and landscape of our local area. It is thought that around 95% of our place-names come from the Irish l...

Election 2020  #GaelVóta Conradh na Gaeilge are asking the public to consider the #GaelVóta when voting on Saturday, 8th of February General Election (South): Saturday, 8 February 2020 Click here to see the stance of the parties...

Baile Átha Cliath le Gaeilge The establishment of BÁC le Gaeilge is a great opportunity to increase the use of the language in Dublin City - where there is a large Irish language community due to a wide range of Irish language establi...

Despite Irish being the first official language of the Republic as per the Constitution of Ireland, and despite the special care taken to ensure Irish is principally prominent in signs under the Official Languages Act 2003, (Section 9) R...

Conradh na Gaeilge drafted a bill to strengthen the Official Languages Act earlier this year. We published our Official Languages Bill, 2017, in May 2017. Conradh na Gaeilge has discussed and developed these amendments with politicians...