How many people speak Gaelic? Census records number fluent Gaelic speakers(this link will open in a new window) in Scotland around 57,600, or approximately 1% of the ...

Glasgow-born broadcaster Andrew Marr has apologised after describing the prominence of Gaelic signs in Scotland as “offensive”. Speaking during a question-and-answer session with Scottish ...

A GAELIC centre in Islay has welcomed Scottish Government funding for a virtual experience as part of efforts to grow the language. Islay’s Gaelic Centre will receive £150,000 for the virtual ...

A SCOTTISH musician has launched the “world’s first” full Gaelic metalcore album after going viral on social media and hopes to encourage more people to learn the language. Colin Stone, who is ...

The last Gaelic-only speakers died out about 50 years ago but successive Labour and SNP-lead Scottish governments have tried ...

Salmond resigned from the SNP in 2018 in the wake of sexual harassment allegations.He subsequently formed a new party called Alba — the Scottish Gaelic word for Scotland — and was acquitted of ...

He was cleared of all charges in 2020, following a trial. In 2021, Salmond established a party called Alba - after the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland - which had little electoral success ...