Feachtas cearta seolta
Eanáir 16, 2014
Bhailigh breis agus 200 duine le chéile i Halla na Saoirse i mBaile Átha Cliath Dé Sathairn seo caite chun a fhearg a chun in iúl faoina hionsaithe atá a dhéanamh ag Rialtas Fhine Gael agus an Lucht Oibre ar phobal na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta.
Rinneadh cáineadh géar ar an státchóras trí chéile agus rinne Seán Mag Leannáin, Iar-Phríomhoifigeach a chaith 32 bliain ag obair sa státchóras, cur síos an-bheacht ar an ionsaí leanúnach, gan údarás, atá á dhéanamh ag cuid d’ardstátseirbhísigh na tíre ar an teanga. Ach ní cruinniú gearráin a bhí sa chruinniú poiblí a d’eagraigh Conradh na Gaeilge ach cruinniú chun feachtas a eagrú chun troid a dhéanamh in aghaidh na hionsaithe seo. Bailíodh lear mór moltaí ón slua a bhí i láthair agus tá grúpa feachtais bunaithe anois chuige sin. Is féidir eolas a fháil nó páirt a ghlacadh san fheachtas seo ach teagmháil a dhéanamh le Conradh na Gaeilge ag 091 567824 nó conradh@bradan.iol.ie.
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Discussions on school admissions legislation continues
Eanáir 15, 2014
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection continued its hearings today in relation to upcoming legislation on school admissions.
The Draft General Scheme of an Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2013 was published by the Minister Ruairi Quinn in September 2013. The Bill sets out to regulate the admission of children to primary and post-primary schools, to ensure a fair and transparent enrolment process.
Minister Quinn referred the draft General Scheme and the draft regulations to the Oireachtas Joint Committee, with a view to seeking input from key stakeholders on the proposals. In October 2013, the Committee issued an invitation to interested individuals and groups to have their say on the Draft Bill.
Oireachtas Joint Committee Chairperson Joanna Tuffy TD said: “As well as seeking to curb the practice of cherry-picking students, the legislation also proposes to ban non-fee paying schools from seeking deposits or payments to secure places.”
Addressing the Oireachtas Joint Committee today were: Marie Céline Clegg, Loreto Education Centre (Dublin); John Suttle; Derval Duggan; Noel P Malone, Coláiste Chiaráin, Croom, Limerick; Gabriel McCabe; Eithne Reid O’Doherty, Agnes Russell.
Below is the oral submission to the Oireachtas Joint Committee by Noel P Malone, Principal, Coláiste Chiaráin, Co Limerick:
“As an experienced principal, I would urge this Committee to review these proposed regulations in the light of the experience of the Limerick Area Post-Primary Schools Common Application System.
“Limerick is an area of the country that has grappled with the whole issue of educational inequality for many years and remains the only area in the country where a common admissions and application system applies. It is therefore an ideal test-case for the application of these regulations.
“I welcome the fact that the Bill has included the right of the Minister to impose a similar system elsewhere. However, it is with some alarm and regret that I note the Minister’s assertion that; “it is not the intention, in such a scenario, that the schools concerned will be required to apply a common policy. Rather that each school will continue to apply its own policy, in that only the process will have to operate in co-operation with other schools.”
“On this point in particular, I believe the Minister should insist on a common admissions policy across all participant schools, with geographical location as first priority, after brothers or sisters of existing students. Unfortunately, in my experience in Limerick, it is widely perceived that the system as it operates is unfair and discriminatory, and the last thing such a system needs is light touch regulation.
“A key characteristic of schools in Limerick is the lack of social mix. This has negative consequences on those lower down the social hierarchy, and brings additional advantage to pupils in those schools which are almost entirely middle class in their social composition.
“The centralised procedure has brought about considerable anguish and uncertainty among parents and children. If children do not get their first or second preference school, they may be left with the very last of their preferences. Ironically, participant schools are given a certain level of protection from any imputation of perpetuating inequality, by using the scheme as a kind of cover.
“Schools cannot be allowed to continue to operate independently in terms of their admission criteria, and therefore decide their selection criteria with no independent scrutiny. Of course this really becomes relevant where demand exceeds supply.
“Generally speaking, there is an ageing population within the city boundary – most of the growth in population is in the suburbs and outlying areas. In some areas where you have large and highly sought after schools, the profile of the immediate area is one of an ageing and sometimes affluent population, so they must draw from a larger catchment area.
“Unfortunately, in many instances this is largely contrived. Vast swathes of population are often ignored in favour of other applicants living significantly further away. This can mean travelling substantial distances away from their home by private bus or car. A key point is that current admissions policies do not observe the spirit of inclusiveness, even though many claim to do so. That is what has to change. If it does, greater equality of opportunity will follow.
“Some schools apply preferential criteria, such as favouring children living in certain affluent areas, cherry-picked traditional feeder schools, brothers or sisters of past pupils, sons or daughters of past pupils and so on, and finally, of course, ‘all others.’ In effect, very few places are left in this last category, as the schools have pretty much wrapped up their preferred clientele, and end up sending refusal letters to so many disappointed twelve-year olds.
“This leads to an extraordinary situation, where some children have right of entry, although they live some distance from the school, and other children are refused, even if they reside adjacent to the school, or indeed attend the local feeder primary school. Surely proximity to a school should have a higher ranking than when a child has a father or mother who attended a generation earlier? This could be construed that this is a means by which a certain social class is protected and the best students are cherry-picked, to the detriment of those schools who genuinely strive for inclusivity.
“The fact that the Minister may now consider granting a derogation to permit a school’s admission policy to include a past pupil criteria of up to 25% will skew the process, and cannot be explained away by defending its inclusion on the basis of tradition. If it is accepted that tradition can be used by a school to discriminate against other applicants, the very basis of the proposed regulation is undermined.
“Who will oversee the selection of this 25%, and where is the transparency in terms of selection? Surely, this will give licence to some schools to continue to actively favour the socially advantaged, academically gifted, or those who have exceptional sporting prowess.
“Furthermore, this proposal appears to reward those schools who have adopted such discriminatory practices in the past, by limiting this derogation to those who allowed such a provision in the last five years, effectively penalising those schools which have embraced a much more progressive and open admissions policy.
“There is no real justification for giving preference to children of past pupils or to a lesser extent, siblings of former pupils. Again, this is always discriminatory and unfair. The proposed limit of 25 per cent should be withdrawn and no derogation should be applicable. A fair and reasonable geographical radius of any particular school in a city or rural location, should be agreed. It would put all students in the agreed catchment of that school on an equal footing, and where there is an over-subscription for that school, other priorities can be addressed.
“Allocations to each school should be based on a common agreed admissions policy, on a genuine lottery basis and centrally managed by the local Education Centre. This would make the system completely transparent and avoid any suspicion of manipulation.
“In conclusion Chairperson, I wish to put on record that I very much welcome the spirit and philosophy behind this draft Bill, but strongly feel that unless these fundamental issues are addressed, the current iniquitous system may be preserved under an illusion of fairness.
“These proposed changes are long overdue and I would urge this Committee to consider this submission in the spirit of true equality and justice for our boys and girls, regardless of background.
“They deserve nothing less.”
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Dianchúrsa Traenála i Scileanna Raidió ó Raidió Fáilte
Eanáir 15, 2014
Ar mhaith leat bheith i do craoltóir ar Raidió Fáilte? Tá Raidió Fáilte ar lorg Gaeilgeoirí cruthaitheacha le páirt a ghlacadh i dianchúrsa traenála Raidió Fáilte i gcomhar le Ciste Craoltóireachta na Gaeilge de chuid Scáileán Thuaisceart Éireann. Beidh an cúrsa ag tosú ar an 1ú Feabhra 2014 agus mairfidh sé 4 seachtain san iomlán (gach Satharn 10:00rn-1:00in). Cúrsa saor in aisce atá ann agus tá sé oscailte do Ghaeilgeoirí thar 18 bliain d’aois.
Dianchúrsa i scileanna raidió agus craoltóireachta atá i gceist. Foghlaimeoidh na rannpháirtithe an dóigh lena gclár raidió féin a ullmhú, a chur i láthair, a thaifead agus a chur in eagar. Le cois bunscileanna craoltóireachta, beidh an deis ag na rannpháirtithe scileanna taighde agus iriseoireachta a fhoghlaim, scileanna agallaimh agus cur i láthair, scriptscríbhneoireacht, eagarthóireacht agus meascadh fuaime, an dóigh le trealamh ardteicniúil taifeadta agus eagarthóireachta Raidió Fáilte a úsáid taobh istigh den stiúideo agus úsáid gléasanna taifeadta in-iompraithe le hagallaimh, vox-pops agus imeachtaí a thaifead taobh amuigh den stiúideo.
Bíonn Raidió Fáilte ag craoladh scoth na gclár Gaeilge – 7 lá na seachtaine, 24 uair sa lá – óna stiúideo ar Bhóthar na bhFál, i gCeathrú Ghaeltachta Bhéal Feirste. Deis iontach atá sa chúrsa traenála seo le tús a chur le slí bheatha sna meáin chumarsáide mar láitheoir raidió nó mar iriseoir agus do chlár raidió féin a léiriú ar stáisiún raidió lán-Ghaeilge. Beidh aoi-chainteoirí ag teacht isteach ó na meáin chumarsáide náisiúnta le comhairle a thabhairt do dhuine ar bith atá ag smaoineamh faoi shlí bheatha in earnáil an raidió nó sna meáin chumarsáide.
Gabh i dteagmháil le Dónall Chaoimhín Mac Murchaidh Oifigeach Traenála agus Léiriúcháin Raidió Fáilte ar 028 90 310013 nó seol ríomhphost chuig donall@raidiofailte.com roimh an 27ú Eanáir 2014.
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Seachtain na Gaeilge 2014
Eanáir 15, 2014
Le linn Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013 beidh ceiliúradh mór á dhéanamh ar ár dteanga dúchais, ár n-oidhreacht agus ár gcultúr fur na tíre agus thar lear ón 1 – 17 Márta 2014.
Cuireann Seachtain na Gaeilge fáilte roimh dhaoine & grúpaí nua agus grúpaí a bhí leo cheana) páirt a ghlacadh san fhéile in 2014 agus imeachtaí nó imeachtaí a eagrú ina gceantar áitiúil le linn na dátaí luaite. Cuireann Seachtain na Gaeilge úsáid na Gaeilge agus an chultúir Ghaelaigh chun cinn anseo in Éirinn agus thar lear mar chuid d’fhéile choicíse a ritear i mí an Mhárta gach uile bhliain. Tugann an fhéile seo an-deis do gach uile dhuine, idir chainteoirí dúchasacha agus iad siúd a fhaigheann a gcéad bhlaiseadh den teanga, spraoi a bheith acu leis an nGaeilge. Arís i mbliana beidh imeachtaí éagsúla arna eagrú timpeall na tíre agus thar leat chun daoine agus an pobal a spreagadh chun a gcuid Gaeilge a úsáid. Mar ambasadóirí ar Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2014 beidh an láithreoir ar na gcláir Rugbaí Beo agus Ponc ar TG4, Máire Treasa Ni Dhubhghaill, an peileadóir aitheanta ar fhoireann sinsir Átha Cliath, Ciarán Kilkenny agus an craoltóir leis an BBC agus an láithreoir teilifíse as Dún Geanainn i gCo Thír Eoghain, Lynette Fay.
Beidh ceiliúradh mór á dhéanamh ar an nGaeilge agus ár n-oidhreacht le neart ceoil traidisiúnta, damhsa, litríochta, chultúr le linn an tréimhse sin in ionaid éagsúla timpeall na tire seo agus thar lear. Beidh ceolchoirmeacha éagsúla agus an Ghaeilge i measc an phobail go mór. Beidh leabharlainne ar fud na tire mar aon le Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann ag glacadh páirt sa cheiliúradh le imeachtaí éagsúla cultúrtha agus stairiúla agus an-deis ag daoine comhrá as Gaeilge. I measc na n-imeachtaí bíonn siúlóidí stairiúla, filíocht, ceolchoirmeacha, ceardlainne éagsúla, imeachtaí do ghasúir, scéalaíocht, ranganna tonnmharcaíochta, scóráil sciobtha as Gaeilge, ceolchoirmeacha agus ar ndóigh bíonn ciorcal comhrá arna eagrú i go leor caiféanna timpeall na tire mar aon le go leor imeachtaí Gaelacha eile ó cheann ceann na tíre agus thar lear.
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Secondary-school management is at breaking point
Eanáir 15, 2014
The most challenging issue for voluntary secondary schools is their management structure.
It is often noted that Ireland is very fortunate to have more than 30,000 wonderful volunteers who, in their roles as members of boards of management, govern our 4,000 primary and post-primary schools.
It is the very existence of this voluntary, community-based governance model that should create the impetus for complementing it with a well-resourced and appropriate school-management structure. Sadly, the reality is quite different.
Historically, the voluntary secondary-school management system evolved from a time when professed religious managed schools in their roles as principal and manager. In addition, the local community of religious in the convent or monastery provided much-needed support, free of charge, to the principal or manager and to the school community.
Today’s picture is much different, with a lay principal, supported only by a deputy principal and a group of teachers with “posts of responsibility”, whose numbers are shrinking due to a moratorium on filling such posts that was introduced in March 2009.
However, even if the previous system existed today, I would be making a case for the overhaul of the management system in voluntary secondary schools.
Before 2009, more than 50 per cent of teachers in voluntary secondary schools held posts of responsibility. Unfortunately, the title “posts of responsibility” is a misnomer as these roles represent discrete functions and all responsibility still ultimately rests with the principal.
Principals are therefore carrying a growing and impossible workload as they try to cope with running schools that aresuffering not just the impact of the moratorium, but a multitude of other cutbacks that have resulted in the principal being forced to become a guidance counsellor, year head, building-project manager, classroom teacher, and so on. In addition, the introduction of new legislation, regulations, top-down policies and disconnected educational initiatives such as a literacy and numeracy strategy, school self-evaluation and junior-cycle reform have all been added to the principal’s to-do list.
The ever-increasing workload has forced many principals to retire from the job at the earliest opportunity. Research conducted by the Joint Managerial Body (JMB) last summer indicated that 61 per cent of principals in voluntary secondary schools have been replaced within the past five years.
A consequence of this increase in workload and worry-load has been the emergence of high degrees of stress among principals. This has taken both a personal form, such as chronic fatigue and anxiety, as well as having an impact on working style. For example, many principals speak of the difficulties of prioritising their students and teachers in the face of an overload of administrative demands.
Their main vocation lies in teaching and learning but their main workload is increasingly concerned with compliance and the struggle for resources.
We need to reimagine the role of the principal in our schools in order to provide her or him with greater flexibility and autonomy to lead and manage in the local context. In particular, a structure must be created in which middle management responds to the real needs of each school and includes real responsibility for those undertaking such roles. To this end, the JMB and the Association of Community and Comprehensive Schools have embarked on a project to develop a management structure in post-primary schools that is fit for purpose.
Many principals protest that decisions made at national level often ignore the real-time, real-life impact at school level.
It is essential that principals receive more practical supports, both nationally and locally, as well as experiencing much clearer channels of communication.
Ferdia Kelly is general secretary of the Joint Managerial Body, which provides advice and support and negotiates on behalf of school management in 400 voluntary secondary schools.
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Gael-Choláiste an Phiarsaigh fós gan láthair
Eanáir 15, 2014
Fógra ar bith tugtha ag an Roinn Oideachais maidir le suíomh na hiarbhunscoile nua
Tá tugtha le fios ag Cathaoirleach Ghael-Choláiste an Phiarsaigh, Lorcán Mac Gabhann, nach eol do Bhord Bhainistíochta na scoile cá gcuirfidh an chéad ghrúpa de dhaltaí tús lena gcuid oideachas iarbhunscoile ar 1 Meán Fómhair 2014.
Ghlac an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna cinneadh, breis is dhá bhliain ó shin, Gael-Choláiste a bhunú i nDún Droma, Deisceart Átha Cliath, agus cé go bhfuil 200 dalta cláraithe agus 46 acu sin ar liosta Meán Fómhair 2014, níl eolas ar bith tugtha don Bhord nó do thuismitheoirí maidir leis an áit a mbeidh an scoil lonnaithe.
Dúirt Mac Gabhann nach bhfuil aon chumarsáid dhíreach ar siúl idir an Bord Bainistíochta agus an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna ar an ábhar seo agus go dáta, ní raibh aon ionchur ag tuismitheoirí nó Bord an Ghael-Choláiste i roghnú an tsuímh nó i roghnú cheantar na scoile.
Dúirt Sarah Flynn, tuismitheoir amháin “go bhfuil sé deacair ar na páistí nuair nach bhfuil tuismitheoirí in ann a rá leo cá mbeidh siad ag freastal ar scoil i gceann cúpla mí agus go bhfuil an easpa eolais seo ag cur brú ar na páistí óga”.
Dar le Donal Duibhginn, tuismitheoir eile, “Níl aon scoil lánGhaeilge eile ar fáil agus is é Gael-Choláiste an Phiarsaigh an seans deireanach dúinn oideachas Gaeilge a sholáthar dár bpáistí”.
Tá Bord an Ghael-Choláiste ag éileamh cruinnithe ar bhonn práinneach leis an Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna maidir leis an easpa cumarsáide agus maidir leis an easpa ionchur atá ag tuismitheoirí sa phróiseas áirithe seo.
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Tráth na gCeist Bórd Feachtas i gColáiste Raithín, Bré
Eanáir 15, 2014
Beidh tráth na gceist boird á reáchtáil ag Feachtas do scoláirí dara leibhéal i gColáiste Raithín, Bré ar 20ú Eanáir 2014 ag 19.00. Má tá spéis agaibh foirne a chur chur isteach, déanaigí teagmháil le Ciara Ní Bhroin (ciara.feachtas@gmail.com), Oifigeach Forbartha Feachtas, chomh luath agus is féidir chun áit a dheimhniú ann. Bronnfar boinn agus teastais ar bhuaiteoirí na hoíche agus rachaidh siad ar aghaidh chuig ag gcraobh a bheidh ar siúl i mí an Mhárta.
Feachtas láidir ar son na Gaeilge
Eanáir 15, 2014
D’fhreastail os cionn 200 duine ar chruinniú poiblí a bhí á reáchtáil ag Conradh na Gaeilge ag an deireadh seachtaine maidir le cur chuige an Rialtais i leith na Gaeilge.
Bhailigh an slua i Halla na Saoirse i gcroílár Bhaile Átha Cliath ar an Satharn le fearg agus frustrachas a léiriú don chaoi a bhfuil údaráis an Stáit ag déileáil le cúrsaí Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta, agus le plé a dhéanamh ar an mbealach chun tosaigh.
Eascraíonn na gníomhaíochtaí is déanaí as fógra an Choimisinéara Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, go mbeidh sé ag éirí as a ról ar 23 Feabhra 2013 de bharr teip an Rialtais i leith chur i bhfeidhm beartais reachtaíocht teanga ag leibhéal an Stáit. D’eagraigh Conradh na Gaeilge agus Aontas na Mac Léinn in Éirinn (AMLÉ) agóid roimh an Nollaig mar thúsphointe an fheachtais chun tacú le seasamh agus moltaí an Choimisinéara Teanga agus míshástacht phobal na Gaeilge a léiriú don Rialtas.
Tá beartaithe anois feachtas leanúnach le rannpháirtíocht an-láidir a reáchtáil agus pléadh an feachtas seo ag an gcruinniú ag an deireadh seachtaine áit ar tugadh deis do phobal na Gaeilge cur chuige agus éilimh teanga a phlé.
I measc na n-aoichainteoirí ar an lá, bhí an Captaen Aralt Mac Giolla Chainnigh, a bhunaigh Gaeltacht Cheanada, Seán Mag Leannáin, Iar-Phríomhoifigeach sa Státseirbhís, agus bhí Caoimhín Ó hEaghra, Stiúrthóir ar an bhForas Pátrúnachta agus iar-státseirbhíseach sinsearach, mar chathaoirleach ar an bhfóram poiblí.
I ráiteas oifigiúil ón Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir leis an gcruinniú ar an Satharn, dúradh go ndéanfaidh an Roinn “na héilimh éagsúla a bhí faoi chaibidil ag an chruinniú poiblí Dé Sathairn 11 Eanáir 2014 a bhreithniú i gcomhar leis na páirtithe leasmhara cuí sa tréimhse amach romhainn. Ní miste a nótáil go mbaineann cuid de na héilimh seo le réimse feidhmeanna Ranna eile seachas an Roinn Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta”.
Ag eascairt as plé oscailte an chruinnithe, aontaíodh na rudaí seo a leanas bunaithe ar mholtaí an tslua:
- feachtas láidir leanúnach a eagrú
- grúpa oibre a chur ar bun le comhordú a dhéanamh ar an bhfeachtas
- go ndéanfaidh Conradh na Gaeilge rúnaíocht ar an ngrúpa
- go n-eagrófar léirsiú mór go luath le tacaíocht an phobail a mhealladh don fheachtas
Tá beartaithe anois tabhairt faoi chéimeanna ar leith láithreach i dtaca cur i bhfeidhm na moltaí thuas.
Tá iarrtha ar aon duine nó grúpa a bhfuil spéis acu bheith mar chuid den ghrúpa oibre é a chur in iúl d’Ard-Rúnaí an Chonartha, julian@cnag.ie, roimh 12.00pm Dé hAoine, 17 Eanáir. Cuirtear in iúl go bhfuil ionadaíocht leathan ag teastáil, le hionadaíocht thuaidh, theas agus ón nGaeltacht san áireamh.
Mar ghníomh thosaigh, beidh straitéis don fheachtas le socrú ag baill an bhoird, ag tógáil na moltaí ón gcruinniú poiblí ar bord, agus tabharfar aghaidh láithreach ar phlean a chur in áit maidir le léirsiú mór air a bheas ar siúl i mBaile Átha Cliath ar Dé Sathairn, 15 Feabhra 2014, ag 2.00pm.
Tá i gceist go mbeidh an feachtas ag feidhmiú go láidir sula n-éiríonn an Coimisinéir Teanga as a ról ar 23 Feabhra 2014.
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Mórshiúl beartaithe ag lucht na Gaeilge
Eanáir 15, 2014
Tá mórshiúl mór gleoite á bheartú do Bhaile Átha Cliath le cearta agus comhionannas do mhuintir na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta a chur faoi bhráid an phobail.
Meascán d’agóidíocht agus de shiamsaíocht atá i gceist leis an pharáid a dhíreoidh ar an “ghéarchéim” a d’eascair as cinneadh Sheáin Uí Chuirreáin, an Coimisinéir Teanga, éirí as oifig ar an 23 Feabhra. Bunaíodh coiste oibre mar thoradh ar an chomhdháil phoiblí a reáchtáladh i mBaile Átha Cliath Dé Sathairn seo caite agus tá práinn le gníomhaíocht láithreach bonn, dar le hArd-Rúnaí Chonradh na Gaeilge, Julian de Spáinn.
“Le linn na comhdhála, tháinig muid ar aontas trí chéile nach raibh na rialtais ag oibriú go sásúil agus go mbeadh orainne mar phobal cinntiú go gcuirfí moltaí an choimisinéara i gcrích. “Sin an fáth go bhfuil muid ag beartú an feachtas a thabhairt amach ar na sráideanna le go dtig le pobal na tíre atá go mór i bhfách leis an teanga de réir gach suirbhé dá ndearnadh riamh, an tacaíocht sin a léiriú,” arsa sé. Beifear ag iarraidh ar gach aicme bheith páirteach san fheachtas — gníomhaithe na teanga agus iad siúd ar bheagán Gaeilge, an t-aos ealaíne, daltaí scoile agus duine ar bith a bhfuil cion acu ar an teanga agus a thuigeann a luach. Bhí mórshiúl den chineál céanna ó thuaidh, agus d’éirigh leis íomhá lucht labhartha na Gaeilge a athrú. “Caitheann daoine a thuigbheáil nach bhfuil muid ach ag iarraidh na gceart atá dlite dúinn,” arsa an tUasal de Spáinn.
Má éiríonn leis an mhórshiúl, beidh lucht tacaíochta na teanga ag dúil go spreagfaidh sé an pobal brú a chur ar a dTeachtaí Dála seasamh le Gaeilgeoirí, seasamh le Seán Ó Cuirreáin agus an comhionannas atá daingnithe sa bhunreacht a fhíorú.
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Spriocdháta don Chomórtas Amhrán Pan Cheilteach 2014
Eanáir 15, 2014
Tá an spriocdháta le haghaidh iarratais don chomórtas náisiúnta chun Amhrán nua a roghnú le bheith san iomaíocht ar son na hÉireann i gComórtas Idirnáisiúnta Pan Cheilteach 2014 ag druidim linn.
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