There is a great deal of cynicism about Ulster Scots among unionists. Many consider it a desperately contrived counterweight ...

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 ...

Councillor Deirdre Varsani (Sinn Féin), who is a strong advocate of the Irish language, has remarked on 2021 Census figures showing that Mid ...

As progress is being made on delivering an Irish Language Policy in Mid Ulster, the need to devise a similar policy to promote Ulster-Scots was highlighted at a recent Development committee meeting of ...

Northern Ireland's first Irish language and Ulster-Scots commissioners have been formally appointed. The new Irish language commissioner is Pól Deeds, the deputy chief executive of the cross-border ...

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 new Stormont commissioner for Ulster Scots will not be required to speak the language – unlike their counterpart for Irish. Despite the advert for the £79,000-£89,000 role appearing in both ...

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 ...