Linda Ervine sits on a replica of the ancient stone chair used to inaugurate the Gaelic Chieftains of Clandeboye in Northern Ireland. Ervine, founder of Northern Ireland's first integrated Irish ...

The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill passed its third and final reading in the UK’s House of Commons on Wednesday, October 26. The Bill will now go forward for Royal Assent and ...

The Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Bill has been introduced in UK Parliament today, May 25, aiming to “deliver a balanced package of measures for Northern Ireland on identity and language.” ...

History will be made in Northern Ireland when its first ever Irish language commissioner takes office today. Pól Deeds, former deputy chief executive of Foras na Gaeilge, was appointed by the Stormont ...

Burns Night is celebrated throughout the world, but has particular relevance in Northern Ireland.

TUV member Ann McClure is challenging the Council over the operation of a call-in scheme for voting on controversial issues ...

The inclusion of Irish signage at Belfast’s Grand Central Station is a “no brainer”, according to the newly-appointed commissioner for the language. Pól Deeds told The Irish News that rather than ...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Seamus Heaney, one of the world's best-known poets and winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize for literature, died on Friday after a short illness at the age of 74, his family said. The ...