MP aims to get the Welsh language protected under the Equality Act

A GWYNEDD MP is to call for the Welsh language to be protected under equality legislation in a debate this afternoon. Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd will say in a debate that the Welsh language should be included as a protected characteristic in equality legislation, alongside race, religion and sexual orientation. She...

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Diwan General Assembly

The network of schools Diwan held its general meeting on April 22nd in Karaez withn the presence of Lena Louarn, vice-president of the regional council in charge of languages ​​of Brittany. At this meeting, community leaders again denounced the policy of subsidized jobs which, since September, puts Diwan schools in difficulty. According...

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An Comunn Gàidhealach Newsletter

Link to An Comunn Gàidhealach Newsletter (Gearran 201...

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Thousands attend march for Irish language in Dublin

Thousands of people have attended a march and street festival in Baile Átha Cliath (Dublin)  to celebrate the Irish language on April 14th. Among thousands celebrating Gaeilge Bheo  pride event in marking 125 years of the Irish language's revival from foundation of Conradh na Gaeilge. Language and community groups, schools, college...

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400 people rally for Breton language schools

The rally, today in Lannuon, was joined by 500 people in support of Diwan, the net of Breton language immersion schools. The French government is putting at risk the schools of Diwan. The net employs half a thousand people who teach the Celtic language to 4,000 schoolchildren. Stéphanie Stoll,, Diwan's President, stated that "in the next...

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Bangor homes plan rejected over Welsh language fears

An appeal against a rejected planning application for 366 houses has failed because of the negative impact it may have had on the Welsh language. Gwynedd Council first refused developer Morbaine's plan for the homes at Pen Y Ffridd in Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, in April 2016. Campaigners argued the development would cut the number of Welsh speakers in the area by at least 10%. The Planning Inspectorate rejected the appeal....

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A hundred people demonstrate for Breton language education in Kastell-Briant

A hundred people rallied yesterday in a demonstration is on Saturday in front of the town hall of Kastell-Briant. The French education services recently refused to open a bilingual education class at the René-Guy Cadou public school in Kastell-Briant/Châteaubriant in Brittany. This project is supported by parents, by the municipality...

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