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 are to be confirmed within weeks. BBC News NI understands the Irish language commissioner role has been offered to Pól Deeds, the ...

The head of the Ulster-Scots Agency has said that the lack of requirement for the new commissioner to speak the language ‘reflects the reality’ of where it’s currently at. Ian Crozier, who is the ...

Michelle O’Neill says she is looking forward to working with the incoming language commissioners that have officially been appointed for Irish and Ulster Scots.

A strategy for the Irish language and one for the Ulster-Scots language, heritage and culture should be published in the coming year. That is according to the Department for Communities' screening of ...

The Lord Mayor of Belfast has joined primary school children in City Hall this week to celebrate Ulster-Scots Language Week.

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 ...

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 ...

The swirl of Scotland the Brave - and a couple of bagpiped Christmas tunes - greeted shoppers on a crisp Saturday morning in ...

BBC News NI understands the Irish language commissioner role has been offered to Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border body Foras na Gaeilge. A Stormont source confirmed he was ...