But Ms Ní Mhurchú – an Irish language advocate – criticised that only 12 homes were granted planning permission in Kerry Gaeltacht areas in 2024 – down from 18 in 2023; 32 in 2022, and 21 ...

But it endured. The old traditions of Conamara -sean-nós singing, dancing, and the Irish tongue itself - still echo through the resilient Gaeltacht of Ráth Chairn. Just last week, the community ...

Siobhán (Clare Monnelly), known to her friends as Shoo, is a care assistant tidying things away after the suicide of her estranged abusive mother when she accepts an assignment in the Gaeltacht.

Ireland South MEP, Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, has said native Irish speakers, gaeilgeoirs, are being pushed out of Gaeltacht areas because local authorities are refusing planning permissions to build on ...

Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú has said native Irish speakers are being pushed out of Gaeltacht areas because local authorities are refusing planning permissions to build on family lands.

Ní Mhurchú said planning permission is becoming impossible for young native speakers who have land but are refused permission to build in Gaeltacht areas. Eva Osborne Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní ...

The Donegal Gaeltacht will die if we don’t start granting more planning permissions, an Irish MEP has claimed. Cynthia Ní Mhurchú, has said native Irish speakers are being pushed out of Gaeltacht ...