Episode 18

Le ro-innleachd ùr air Gaeilge mu choinneamh muinntir Phoblachd na h-Èirinn, agus oidhirpean fhathast ga dhèanamh gus inbhe shònraichte fhaighinn dhan chànan ann an Èirinn a Tuath – tha Eòrpa a' faighneachd dè tha ron a chànan agus gu dearbh an luchd-labhairt anns na bliadhnaichean ri teachd?

Tha iomairt ann an Èirinn a Tuath gus Achd Gaeilge fhaighinn, ach le na h-Aonaich Dheamocratach (an DUP) ann am Ministrealachd a' Chultair, a tha gu h-eachdraidheil air a bhith an aghaidh achd chànain dha leithid, a bheil tcothrom sam bith gun tachair seo? Agus a bheil an ro-innleachd ùr ann am Poblachd na h-Èirinn a' dol a fhreagairt air feumalachdan na Gaeilge?

Air Eòrpa na seachdain-sa tha sinn ag amas air freagairt a lorg do chuid de na ceistean sin.

With a new Gaeilge strategy before the people of the Republic of Ireland, and with efforts being made in Northern Ireland to give further status to Gaeilge, Eòrpa asks what the future holds for the language, and indeed its speakers, in the years to come?

There are calls for an Irish Language act in the North, but with the Democratic Unionists (the DUP) in the culture ministry, a party which has historically been opposed to such a language act, what chance is there that it will happen? And will the new strategy in the South answer the needs of the language?

On Eòrpa this week, we aim to answer some of those questions.

Tha fuil bunaiteach do obair-lannsa agus leigheas tinneasan de gach seòrsa. Tha an t-seirbheis slàinte a' tomhais gu feum 55,000 neach tabhairt ùr a thighinn air adhart ma thathar dol a chumail suas ris an iarrtas am bliadhna. Tha lèirmheas a' dol air adhart an-dràsta air tabhartas fala. Am measg nan rudan a thathar a' tomhais tha an casg a tha toirmeasg daoine gèidh bho fuil a thoirt seachad.

Blood is vital in many surgical procedures and treatment of diseases. It is estimated that 55,000 new donors are needed to keep pace with demand this year in the UK. A review is currently ongoing into the blood donation service. Among the issues being looked at is the ban currently preventing gay men from donating blood.