New funding structure for Irish language sector announced
Eanáir 20, 2014
North-South language funding body Foras na Gaeilge has announced fundamental changes to how Irish language groups are funded.
The cross-Border implementation body, which was set up under the Belfast Agreement and has a role in advising the administrations North and South in matters relating to the Irish language, announced it will reduce from 19 to 6 the number of organisations provided with core funding.
The successful organisations are Gaelscoileanna, Conradh na Gaeilge, Gael Linn, Oireachtas na Gaeilge, Glór na nGael and Cumann na bhFiann. None of the six organisations are based in the North, where organisations such as Pobal, Forbairt Feirste and cross-community Irish- language charity Iontabhas Ultach will now lose a significant portion of their funding.
In the south, Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge and Forbairt Naíonraí Teo are among the groups that will no longer receive funding. Foras na Gaeilge said the move marked a “new era” in the development of the language.
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