The Northern Ireland Executive has been strongly criticised over how it promotes the Irish language in a report published by the Council of Europe. The council is a human rights organisation with ...

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.

When Gen Francisco Franco banned the use of the ancient Euskara language, residents of the Basque Country fought to keep it alive. From my car window, I watched Spain transform. From Madrid in the ...

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 ...