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The closing date to enter Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartartaigh, Galway’s bilingual business award, is tomorrow Friday, February 14. To apply, simply complete a short application form (www.gleg.ie) and foireann Ghaillimh le Gaeilge will contact you to prepare you for the bilingual awards.

Hundreds of people from national and global news outlets attended the Fís TV Summit in the Radisson Red, Galway City last week, when it was claimed that Irish language drama is now on the international stage.

Údarás na Gaeltachta, the regional development agency for the Gaeltacht, today (4th February 2025) released its End of Year Statement for 2024 showing significant achievements in job creation, investment, and language promotion initiatives.

The many connections betwen the Irish language and Latin have led to a West of Ireland man taking up the challenge to find the links between the two languages.

December 2024 marked the end of the first EMPOWER Cumasú TÚS programmes. EMPOWER Cumasú is a free entrepreneurship programme for females living in the Gaeltacht areas of Mayo, Galway, Donegal, Kerry, Cork, Meath and Waterford. The programme is funded by Údarás na Gaeltachta and delivered by Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Innovation Hubs and the Rubicon Centre at Munster Technological University (MTU).

Cathaoirleach of Gaillimh le Gaeilge, Dr. John Breslin, announced that Gradam Sheosaimh Uí Ógartaigh 2025, is now officially open for nominations. He made the announcement at the annual Lón Nollag Chairde Ghaillimh le Gaeilge which was held on Thursday, 19th December in The Skeff Late Bar & Kitchen, Eyre Square, Galway.

The popular POTA Café in Connemara is featured in a campaign launched this week by Údarás na Gaeltachta.

A very special gathering took place at the Menlo Park Hotel in Galway City last Friday night when people from two adjoining Gaeltacht areas to the north and east of the city gathered to honour their native Irish speakers.

The Fianna Fail General Election candidate for Galway West, Grainne Seoige, is pushing for a dedicated government department for the Gaeltacht in the next Dail Term.

More than a third of people in Ireland (35%) admit to always or often feeling stressed in their daily lives, with women bearing a heavier burden (40%) than men (26%), new data shows but mini breaks help to relieve this.