ELEN Press Releases
FOSTERLANG Project to hold inaugural opening event in Wilamowice, Poland.
FOSTERLANG, the new EU-funded Horizon project aiming to boost European endangered and minoritised languages, will be holding its inaugural project opening and conference in the town of Wilamowice, Poland, home to the endangered Wymysiöeryś language, from 25-27th...
ELEN continues campaign for EU official status for Catalan, Galician and Basque. Process “irreversible” says Spanish FM Albares.
Meeting at the EU General Affairs Council on Tuesday (May 27th) EU Member-States decided to postpone voting on EU official status for Catalan, Galician and Basque. After the meeting the Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares declared that the process of official...
ELEN warns MEPs on impact of second homes and lack of housing on endangered and minoritised languages
ELEN Secretary-General Davyth Hicks warned about the impact of second homes and the lack of housing on European endangered and minoritised languages at an important European Parliament conference last week (May 21st). It follows recent visits to Brussels by Gaeltacht...
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Conradh na Gaeilge has welcomed the ratification of a new Irish Language Policy in Belfast City Council tonight. The new policy will create new provision for the Irish language across services, communications, signage and also create a new dual-language corporate identity and logo.
Ciarán Mac Giolla Bhéin, President of Conradh na Gaeilge, Language Planning Coordinator with the West Belfast Language Plan, Fís an Phobail, and ELEN Vice-President, said:
“The Irish language is flourishing across our city. Our Gaelscoileanna are growing, the number of families raising their children through Irish, and the number of people learning Irish are all growing and we have a vibrant cultural scene which is to the fore of the national language revival movement. Over recent years, the Irish language community has brought the campaign for language rights to the centre of our public institutions and shared spaces.”
Congratulations to Conradh na Gaeilge Glór Na Móna and all the language activists who have worked so hard for this! Its a fantastic achievement that will act to inspire all ELEN members and minoritised and endangered language activists globally.
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