CELTIC LEAGUE: BRID HEUSSAFF - LANGUAGE ACTIVIST, RIGHTS SUPPORTER AND LEAGUE FOUNDER DIES (Feb 13, 2008)
http://www.agencebretagnepresse.com/fetch.php?id=9663&title=CELTIC%20LEAGUE:%20BRID%20HEUSSAFF%20-%20LANGUAGE%20ACTIVIST,%20RIGHTS%20SUPPORTER%20AND%20LEAGUE%20FOUNDER%20DIES
“The death of Brid Heussaff leaves a vacuum not just for her family but also her colleagues in the Celtic League. It is also a great loss to the National and Inter-Celtic bodies which she was enthusiastic about.”
Two Derry directors up for IFTA awards this Sunday (Feb 12, 2008)
http://www.derryjournal.com/journal/Two-Derry-directors-up-for.3766129.jp
“Tom Collins’ Irish language feature film ‘Kings’, by Derry-based company, DeFacto Films, has received a total of 14 nominations at this year’s ceremony, including nominations in the categories of Film, Director, Script, Editing and Special Irish Language Award, among others.”
Boys were 'damaged' by sex trysts with poet (Feb 10, 2008)
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/boys-were-damaged-by-sex-trysts-with-poet-1286378.html
“Gardai are to be given a report outlining the alleged trauma inflicted on teenage Nepalese boys who slept with the poet Cathal O Searcaigh.”
Plunkett’s celebrate in style (Feb 16th, 2008)
http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=579
“... First speaker on the rostrum was South West Board, hon. treasurer, and Cork County Board cultural officer James O’Neill. In an elegant and excellent bilingual address, delivered as Gaeilge agus Béarla, James lauded the club on what was truly an outstanding year on the field of play.”
Standing up for the Irish language (Feb 14, 2008)
http://www.anphoblacht.com/news/detail/24471
“Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams MP MLA, writing recently in the Irish-language newspaper Lá Nua, outlined Sinn Fein’s priorities for the Irish language, the party’s record on the language, and its vision for the future. Here, we reprint that important article in English.”
Say Tá to Irish this weekend in Belfast (Feb 16, 2008)
http://www.irelandclick.com/ and then some
“Thousands of Irish language supporters are expected to take to streets of Belfast city centre on Saturday to say Tá to the Irish language.
"Chief Executive of Pobal, Janet Muller, has called on people of all ages to turn out on Saturday and get into the carnival spirit.
"The event has been organised to give people the opportunity to voice support for the Irish language, to demonstrate the need for an Irish Language Act, and to show their support for the Irish language paper Lá Nua.”
Editorial: Minister’s intervention is timely (Feb 16, 2008)
http://www.irelandclick.com/ and so on
“The pledge this week by Minister Conor Murphy, in an interview on the local station Raidió Fáilte, to urgently address the government ban on advertising in Irish is welcome.”
An Triail @ axis Ballymun (Feb 16, 2008)
http://www.dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/14/pt/0/spid/1ED28046-EB03-614E-DC1F7FEB6F6A2B7D.htm
“New Connemara-based theatre company Fíbín aims to make high-quality Irish-language drama accesible and enjoyable way to younger audiences. So what better to kick things off in Dublin than with their fantastically high-energy, ultra-visual production of the familiar Leaving Cert drama An Triail?”
The Joy of Des! (Feb 16, 2008)
http://dublinks.com/index.cfm/loc/15/pt/0/spid/A487C28A-ECD0-88FD-29D0DE67AF8E5525.htm
“Des Bishop will be speaking in Tongues at Vicar Street this February - and there's an extra date added due to popular demand.”
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