#ThinkLanguages 2025 Registration Now Open
#ThinkLanguages Week 2025 #ThinkLanguages Week 2025 Registration is now open! Registration is now open for #ThinkLanguages Week 2025. This year events will be taking place nationwide during the week of 17 – 21 November 2025. Join thousands of TY students from across Ireland in a festival of languages and cultures. Enjoy inspirational talks, engaging language-filled […]
Try a New Language on Culture Night
Culture Night 2025 Culture Night 2025 Try a New Language this Culture Night In celebration of Culture Night and European Day of Languages, language taster classes will be held on Friday 19 September at Europe House, Balfe Street, Dublin 2 and online on Friday 26 September. Languages Connect have teamed up once again with our partners […]
Language Summer Camps 2025 wrap-up
Language Summer Camps 2025 Language Summer Camps 2025 wrap-up This summer PPLI funded and visited four Language Summer camps across Ireland, featuring three languages – Chinese, Japanese and Italian. All four camps were lesser taught languages, aimed at complete beginners. Each camp ran for a duration of 2 weeks, from 10am – 3pm every day […]
We are Hiring
We are Hiring! We are Hiring! Primary Education Officer Post-Primary Languages Ireland is seeking to recruit a primary teacher with a competence in a foreign language to support the implementation of Languages Connect – Ireland’s Strategy for Foreign Languages in Education 2017-2026, diversifying, enhancing and expanding the teaching of foreign languages. The candidate for this […]
Saturday Classes Multicultural Day
Saturday Classes Multicultural Day Saturday Classes Multicultural Day https://languagesconnect.ie/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Saturday-Classes-Multicultural-Day.mp4 Over 200 students from Leaving Certificate Saturday Classes, Dublin, gathered at Larkin Community College recently to celebrate Multicultural Day, an event which looked to highlight the diverse cultural backgrounds represented across the classes. Organised by Post Primary Languages Ireland, the organisation behind the classes, the day […]
2025 Spanish Competition Winners
Spanish Competition Winners Spanish Competition Winners Congratulations to Andoni Oskoz and Paddy Healy from Summerhill College, Sligo who were awarded first place in this year’s Spanish video competition. The lucky team have won a one-week language scholarship in Castilla y León, Spain, this summer, with flights and accommodation included. Entrants were tasked with producing a […]
HEI Funding Applications now open
HEI Funding Applications now open HEI Funding Applications now open HEI Funding for the 2025/2026 academic year was officially launched on Thursday 15th May at the annual Languages Connect and HEI gathering. The day looked to celebrate the achievements of the partnership, as well as discuss goals for the year ahead. Attendees had the opportunity […]
Say Yes to Languages 2025/26 Applications Open
Say Yes to Languages 2025/26 Applications Open Say Yes to Languages 2025/26 Applications Open Primary schools are invited to express their interest in participating in phase two of Say Yes to Languages (SYTL). For 2025/2026 the module will look to give pupils and teachers a taste of what it means to integrate additional languages alongside […]
Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers
Expression of Interest: Foreign Language Upskilling Providers Expression of Interest: Language Upskilling Providers We are inviting Expressions of Interest from qualified course providers to support the rollout of a foreign language upskilling scheme for primary school teachers during the 2025/2026 academic year. The growing interest in foreign language learning in primary schools has been bolstered […]
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels
#ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team in Brussels #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024 Travel to Brussels for Prize The winners of the #ThinkLanguages Champion Team 2024, from Beaufort College, Navan, recently travelled to the home of the EU and melting pot of languages and cultures, Brussels following their well deserved win in the final #ThinkLanguages […]