Pupils in Northern Ireland are required to learn languages less than those in any other country in Europe. But Spanish and Irish have overtaken French as the most popular languages taken at A-level.

The time pupils spend learning languages in Northern Ireland is "the shortest in Europe", according to a review of the school curriculum. The review was carried out by independent expert Lucy ...

Ancient-genomics researchers have pinpointed the homelands of a nomadic tribe that transformed the culture and genetics of Europe and Asia, revealing a potential source for the Indo-European ...