The management of a Cork pub which allegedly banned a Gaeilgeoir from speaking as gaelige while he worked there has responded to claims he made on RTÉ radio, writes Denise O'Donoghue.

The management of a Cork pub which allegedly banned a Gaeilgeoir from speaking as Gaelige while he worked there has responded to claims he made on RTÉ radio.

The breathalyser controversy last week revealed how many don’t believe our native language should be part of Official Ireland and that it’s a waste of money. They’re wrong, says Sharon Ni Chonchuir. That’s exactly what has kept Welsh a living language

We in Ireland rightly take pride in our healthy debate culture, the noble tradition of popular participation in politics and community activism from which many of the improvements to this country have emerged.

Regarding Barry Walsh’s reply to my letter on Irish in the EU, may I point out that the EU has 24 official languages, including not only world languages such as English, French and German, but also smaller national languages such as Irish, Latvian and Maltese.

With all due respect to Julian de Spáinn of Conradh na Gaeilge, his recent letter (Dec 6) is a good illustration of the scale of the delusion that exists in the Irish language lobby about how best to preserve the national language.

Ireland needs to sharpen its act in relation to the EU.

Irish language group Conradh na Gaeilge has demanded the Minister for Education rethink a proposal to teach English in the all-Irish Gaelscoileanna from the second school term onwards, without conducting further research.

Students will picket the offices of the Taoiseach and the Tanaiste this afternoon to protest over the amount of money they are getting in maintenance grants.

Hundreds of third-level students are marching on the Dail today to protest over inadequate grants.