Governments give backing to new
Irish language paper
An Irish language newspaper backed by the Irish and British governments
was launched last week.
Lá Nua will be produced from West Belfast and the Donegal Gaeltacht
and published five days a week.
It will offer podcasts, an on-line version and entries on YouTube, a website
offering home videos.
The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Eamon Ó
Cuív expressed his delight with the innovative technology on offer.
He said: “This shows the great progress being made by the Irish
language media and the understanding that Lá Nua has of the modern
society in which Irish speakers live today.”
The title will be stocked in newsagents but copies will also be distributed
to Irish-speaking offices across Dublin and the top 300 schools using
the language.
A contract worth £400,000 (€609,100) was awarded for two
years’ printing by language promotion agency Foras na Gaeilge, a
cross-border body funded by both governments.
Lá Nua managing director Connla Lawlor said there were Irish Government
plans for a 20-year development strategy for Irish and an Irish Language
Act envisaged in the North.
The paper replaces the Andersonstown News Group’s daily Lá.
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