From Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
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The Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Patrick O'Donovan, has announced today, 6 October 2023, that he is providing a grant of €9,255 to Gaillimh le Gaeilge to enable them to rebuild the organisation's website.
Galway has been designated as one of the Gaeltacht Service Towns under the Gaeltacht Act 2012 and a Language Plan has been prepared for it, which was approved in 2020. The main objective of the Language Plan is to increase the use of Irish as the community language of the city on an incremental basis. Gaillimh le Gaeilge works in collaboration with Galway City Council, Galway Chamber of Commerce and other groups to develop and strengthen bilingualism in the city.
It is understood that Gaillimh le Gaeilge aims to conduct a full audit of the organisation's current website. The website will have a new attractive design while providing a clear path to guide the user into different streams of the site.
Announcing the grant, Minister of State O’Donovan said:
"Gaillimh le Gaeilge has done great work for many years increasing their ability to spread the Irish language widely through the economic, social and cultural life of the city. With the new design planned for the organisation's website, all users, both young and old, will be able to access information through the medium of Irish easily.
"To that end, I am pleased, as Minister of State, that my department is able to provide a grant to Gaillimh le Gaeilge to push forward with this work. I congratulate the organisation for its efforts on behalf of the language and I look forward to seeing the fruits of their labour in the future."