The following is a list of media available in the Irish language.
Television
Current channels
TG4 TG4, originally known as Teilifís na Gaeilge (TnaG), broadcasts on terrestrial television in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It has an annual budget of €34.5 million. The station has an audience of an average of 650,000 people each day in the Republic, a fifty per cent increase on what it was in the 1990s. The station's anchor shows are the long-running soap opera Ros na Rún (160,000 weekly viewership), popular teen drama Aifric, nightly news programme Nuacht TG4 (viewership circa. 8,000), current affairs programme 7 Lá and dubbed documentaries Fíorscéal. Other popular programs include or have included a dating show, Eochair an ghrá, a documentary about the Irish language abroad, Thar Sáile, travel shows such as Amú Amigos (viewership 50,000), Seacht / Seven – a university drama set in Belfast (viewership 40,000), the dating game Paisean Faisean, South Park in Irish, chat show Ardán, talent show Nollaig No. 1, and children's shows Cúla 4 and Síle.
Cúla 4 Cúla 4 is a digital channel and carries TG4's strand of children's programmes. Programmes are broadcast MondaysSundays from 7am to 9am, then from 2:30pm to 5:30pm. At the Tourism and Sports post-Budget briefing, Minister Catherine Martin announced Cúla 4 will have its own TV channel launched by TG4. It's scheduled for 2023.
RTÉ One
Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has one channel, RTÉ One, which broadcasts Irish-language programmes such as news bulletin Nuacht RTÉ le TG4 and new programmes every year such as documentaries of various scandals that rocked Ireland Scannal and community programme Pobal. It was reported on Tuairisc.ie in 2018 that circa. 70,000 viewers watch Nuacht RTÉ every evening on RTÉ One.
RTÉ News RTÉ News is a digital 24-hour news service available featuring national and international news. It broadcasts news mostly in the English language but also Nuacht TG4 le RTÉ, the daily Irish language news bulletin on RTÉ ONE television and repeats Nuacht TG4 at 11:30 each night.
Houses of the Oireachtas Channel Houses of the Oireachtas Channel or Oireachtas TV is a digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland which broadcasts live from both the Irish houses of parliament Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann in Dublin and also broadcasts some Oireachtas committee meetings. It covers parliamentary debates in both official national languages English and Irish although it should be known that the vast bulk of Oireachtas debates take place through English.
BBC Two Northern Ireland
The Northern Irish variant of BBC Two has its own Irish-language department producing some well-known programmes such as: music programme for young people Imeall Geall, music programme Blas Ceoil, youth drama Teenage Cics, documentary Isteach Chun An Oileáin, cartoon Na Dódaí, interior-decor show Gaisce Gnó and community programme Féile an Phobail. It is funded by the Irish Language Broadcast Fund which has been given £12 million over a five-year period.
Radio
Radio stations entirely in Irish There are four radio stations that broadcast entirely in Irish:
National RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (RnaG) – a national radio station which is part of the RTÉ franchise broadcasting throughout the entire island of Ireland with an annual budget of approximately €13 million similar in size to BBC Radio Cymru
Youth Raidió Rí-Rá – Conradh na Gaeilge-run youth-orientated chart music station, currently broadcasting on the internet and in Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway on DAB. The station also broadcasts an hour long programme on weekday nights on Raidió na Gaeltachta. They hope to receive a national license to broadcast on FM.
Greater Dublin Raidió Na Life – community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the Greater Dublin area. The station seeks to get a national license from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland to be able to broadcast across the Republic of Ireland on FM radio.
Greater Belfast Raidió Fáilte – community and community of interest radio station broadcasting in the Greater Belfast area. The station seeks to get a national license from Ofcom to be able to broadcast across Northern Ireland on FM radio.
Online radio stations Raidió Rí-Rá – Conradh na Gaeilge-run Irish language chart music internet radio station which broadcasts in some areas on DAB. Conradh na Gaeilge hope for the station to receive funding and a national license for the station to broadcast across Ireland on FM.
Stations with daily/weekly Irish-language programming Almost all other national, regional and local stations also have at least one (usually weekly) Irish-language programme such as the following radio stations:
Outside Ireland: 3ZZZ; Melbourne Community Radio, Australia: Saturday and Sunday WFUV; New York City Public Radio Station; Sunday morning
National: RTÉ Radio 1 – They broadcast the news in Irish every day. RTÉ 2fm – They have a couple of bilingual programmes. RTÉ Pulse – The Cosmo Show (bilingual LGBT gay community and scene news) RTÉ Junior Newstalk Splanc programme on Friday nights
Regional / Community / Third Level: BBC Radio Foyle – Foyle area Féile FM – Belfast BBC Radio Ulster daily Gaeilge show BBC Blas (Radio Ulster) – Northern Ireland FM104 – County Dublin Near FM – Dublin City North-East Wired FM – County Limerick Connemara Community Radio – County Galway Cork Campus Radio – UCC Cork City Flirt FM – County Galway Liffey Sound FM – Lucan area Dublin ICR FM – County Donegal iRadio Kfm – County Kildare South East Radio – County Wexford Midlands 103 Highland Radio – County Donegal Galway Bay FM – County Galway Ocean FM – County Sligo Mid-West Radio – County Mayo Shannonside FM – County Clare WLR FM – County Waterford Radio Kerry – County Kerry Tipp FM – County Tipperary Live 95FM – County Limerick Clare FM – County Clare Belfield FM – UCD Dublin Red FM – County Cork Phoenix 92.5FM – Dublin 15 Westport Community Radio – County Mayo Radió Corca Baiscinn – County Clare Dundalk FM – County Louth Iúr FM – County Down
Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann and Giotaí
A company called Digital Audio Productions specialising in radio programming has created two Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann and Giotaí brands of Irish-language radio programmes.
Top 40 Oifigiúil na hÉireann (Ireland's Official Top 40) is a new phenomenon, and it has become increasingly popular to hear the Irish Top 40 hits being presented entirely in Irish on what are regarded as English-language radio stations such as:
East Coast FM Flirt FM Galway Bay FM LMFM Midwest Radio Newstalk Red FM SPIN 1038 Spin South West Wired FM
Newspapers
Weekly :ga:An Páipéar – weekly national paper published since 2024. Seachtain – weekly supplement with the Irish Independent (Wednesdays).
Newspapers with Irish-language columns In addition to these, other newspapers which have Irish-language columns include:
The Irish Times – weekly Irish-language page entitled Tuarascáil published on Mondays and they also publish these articles and other Irish-language articles and some Irish-language news in English on their Treibh Twitter account. Irish News – Belfast-based daily newspaper for Northern Ireland; daily Irish-language pages Andersonstown News – based in Belfast; Irish-language columns Metro Éireann – Irish-language columns Irish Daily Star – Irish-language column (Saturdays) Irish Echo – Irish-language columns Evening Echo – weekly Irish-language segment The Connaught Telegraph – Irish-language columns The College View – Dublin City University student newspaper; Irish-language columns An t-Eagrán – Dublin Institute of Technology student newspaper; Irish-language segment An Focal – University of Limerick student newspaper; Irish-language columns The Nationalist (Carlow) – Weekly Irish-language segment from Glór Cheatharlach
Magazines An Gael (print and digital) – international literary journal based in the United States (inactive) An Gaeilgeoir An Lúibín – Australian fortnightly newsletter (language, culture, environment, current affairs); see Irish Language Association of Australia website An Músgraigheach – 1943–1945 An t-Eolaí – science magazine An Phoblacht – Sinn Féin magazine- has Irish-language page An tUltach – "Ulsterman" magazine- run by the Ulster branch of Conradh na Gaeilge (The Gaelic League). Beo – topical monthly online magazine (now available in archived form only) Breac Càrn Celtica Comhar – monthly literary and current affairs magazine Cumasc Éigse Feasta – monthly literary and current affairs magazine Gaelscoil – education magazine Glór Nua - An independent, bilingual magazine celebrating contemporary Irish language and culture. Harvard Celtic Colloquium – 1981–1994 International Congress of Celtic Studies – 1959–1995 Iris na Gaeilge – magazine from the society Irish Cambridge Journal of Celtic Language Learning Journal of Celtic Linguistics Luimne – Mary Immaculate College magazine, 1999–2000 Muintir Acla Nós – popular monthly youth magazine Oghma Popnuacht – pop news Timire Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie – 1987–1997 Breac – An Chuallacht Ghaelach, UCC
Irish-language publishers An t-Áis Aonad Coiscéim* Cló Iar-Chonnacht Leabhar Breac Cois Life Teoranta COMHAR under the imprint LeabhairCOMHAR An Gúm Cló Mhaigh Eo Futa Fata Móinín An tSnáithid Mhór Cumann na Scríbheann nGaedhilge An Clóchomhar Acadamh Ríoga na hÉireann An Sagart Ollscoil Náisiúnta na hÉireann Má Nuad Forsai Sáirséal - Ó Marcaigh Cumann Seanchas Ard Mhacha Sliabh an Fhiolair Teoranta Cló Chaisil Foilseacháin Ábhair Spioradálta (FÁS) Glór na nGael Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne Púca Press Éabhlóid Timire
Irish language online book shops An Ceathrú Póilí – anceathrupoili.com Conradh na Gaeilge – cnagsiopa.com Litríocht.ie – litriocht.ie Siopa.ie – siopa.ie Údar.ie – udar.ie An Siopa Gaeilge –
Multilingual Irish publishers Cló Mercier Dedalus Press O'Brien Press Arlen House Kilmainham Tales Teo.
Autobiographies Ainm.ie
E-Newspapers Tuairisc.ie (news website)
E-Magazines NÓS.ie Young people's contemporary culture and lifestyle online magazine RTÉ.ie Gaeilge Glór Nua
Online news channels TG4 television channel Nuacht RTÉ RTE.ie Nuacht TG4 TG4.ie RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta Nuacht Gaeltachta RTE.ie MOLSCÉAL TG4 Meon Eile (Belfast-based news website with videos) ExtraG ExtraG.ie
Social networking Twitter in Irish Facebook in Irish Google in Irish Gmail in Irish European Union Twitter in Irish Wordpress Gaeilge Tearma.ie Terminology website vBulletin version: 3.7.4 Internet forum software package
Online forums Boards.ie (Learning Irish forum) Boards.ie Teach na nGealt (Irish language forum in Irish) Politics.ie (Political Irish-language forum including non-political discussion) Daon Phoblacht Chorcaí (Cork-based Irish-language forum) Slugger O'Toole (occasionally has articles in Irish) Daltaí na Gaeilge (U.S-based Irish language organisation with online discussion forum).
Dictionaries Ó Dónaill & De Bhaldraithe (Gaeilge > Béarla Irish to English) Pota Focal (ever expanding word and phrase dictionary) Duinnín (published in 1924 and still relevant) Gogan (30,000 words not published in any other Irish to English dictionary) Tearma.ie (terminology dictionary) Dictionary of Irish language (Old and Middle Irish to English dictionary) Foclóir Nua (collecting and compiling ongoing)
Place name translator Logainm.ie Sráidainmneacha Bhaile Átha Cliath/Dublin City Street Names
Encyclopedia Vicipéid (Wikipedia in Irish) Focal.ie- Gateway to electronic resources for the Irish language
Print to voice Abair.ie
Software
Lunguashop Com/irish Several computer software products have the option of an Irish-language interface. Prominent examples include KDE, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, OpenOffice.org, LibreOffice and various language packs for Microsoft products including Microsoft Office..