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C煤谩n Mac Conghail, C谩s C煤irte Stairi煤il san Eoraip, Saol agus Saothar An Dr Art Hughes

C煤谩n Mac Conghail, A historic court case in Europe, Dr Art Hughes on His Life and Work

C煤谩n Mac Conghail ar a th贸g谩il le Gaeilge in 脕th Cliath na seacht贸id铆 agus na hocht贸id铆. I gc谩s eisiach agus stairi煤il, t谩 seisear daoine 贸ga de bhunadh na Portaing茅ile ag ma铆omh sa Ch煤irt Eorpach um Chearta an Duine gur s谩r煤 na gcearta daonna s鈥檃cu an easpa gn铆mh 贸 rialtais na hEorpa maidir le hathr煤 aer谩ide. Labhair Caoimhe Chats N铆 Chathail le Gear贸id 脫 Cuinn, duine de na dl铆od贸ir铆 a bh铆 ag tac煤 leo sa ch谩s seo. Labhair an Dr Art Hughes le M谩ire Bhreathnach, l茅acht贸ir, scr铆bhneoir agus gn铆omha铆 teanga, faoina shaol ag f谩s an铆os i dtuaisceart Bh茅al Feirste, faoi a bheith ag teagasc ag leibh茅al ollscoile agus faoina shaothar, a ch茅ad 煤rsc茅al san 谩ireamh.

C煤谩n Mac Conghail on his upbringing in the Irish language in the Dublin of the seventies and eighties and his Irish language heritage. Six young people from Portugal are taking an unprecedented and historic case to the European Court of Human Rights claiming that the inaction of European governments on climate change constitutes a violation of their human rights. Caoimhe Chats N铆 Chathail talked to Gear贸id 脫 Cuinn, one of the lawyers supporting their action. Dr Art Hughes, lecturer, writer and language activist, discusses his life and work from growing up in north Belfast to the publication of his first novel.

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