Sarah Harte: As ‘An Gaeilge’ rises in popularity, standard of spoken Irish is falling

We need to look at how we’re training teachers to teach and students to learn Irish — a language should be first and foremost spoken

The Irish-language film An Cailín Ciúin, Ireland’s 2023 entry for the Oscars’ best international feature category, has a decent shot of making the longlist.

IT feels like An Gaeilge is having a moment. Last week legislation giving official status to the Irish language for the first time in the North was given royal assent by King Charles.

An additional €8.5m in Budget 2023 was given for the Irish language and the Gaeltacht.