By Liam Murphy

“Why would you bother learning that? Sure, it’s a dead language” – the words many Irish speakers have heard while growing up.  

However, in 2024, that could not be further from the truth.  

Today, TheCity.ie speaks with Mícheál Ó Nualláin, director of Baile Átha Cliath le Gaeilge and Ola Majekodunmi, Irish language programme co-ordinator with Fighting Words, about all things Irish, and in particular, their own journeys with the language. 

From schooling to job opportunities, to what they believe the Government needs to do to further progress the language, the Gaelgóirí tells all.