The appointment of an Irish and an Ulster Scots language commissioner has been welcomed. First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly confirmed the appointment of Pol ...

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The CEO of the Ulster-Scots Agency has said there are some in the community "who are waiting to be convinced" about the benefits of having an Ulster British Commissioner. New language laws came into ...

Northern Ireland's first Irish language and Ulster-Scots commissioners have been formally appointed. The new Irish language commissioner is Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border ...

BACK IN ACTION after a lapse of three years, Northern Ireland’s shaky government rests on a compromise so ingenious that it would impress a medieval theologian trained to argue over angels and ...

All appointees will take up their posts on November 13 for a period of five years, Ms O’Neill and Ms Little-Pengelly announced in a written ministerial statement to the Assembly First minister ...

A couple of projects are currently in the works aimed at bringing Ulster-Scots language, history and culture into the school curriculum. The Institute of Ulster Scots Studies has started a research ...

The new Irish language commissioner is Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border body Foras na Gaeilge. Former Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Lee Reynolds is the ...

The appointment of the north’s first Irish language commissioner and their counterpart for the Ulster Scots has been confirmed by the First and deputy First Ministers. The announcement in a written ...