Highland MSP calls on Gaelic speakers to step up to safeguard the language

The first female MSP to make a plenary address in the Scottish Parliament chamber in Gaelic has warned the language’s future will only be secured for the next generation if all speakers step up their efforts.

Kate Forbes MSP welcomes 10 years of BBC Alba

Kate Forbes MSP has welcomed a decade of BBC Alba programming before an official debate in the Scottish Parliament chamber.

Kate Forbes MSP hails “historic Highland milestone” as Deputy First Minister officially opens Scotland’s newest Gaelic school

Earlier today (Monday 3 September) Kate Forbes MSP welcomed Deputy First Minister John Swinney to the Isle of Skye as he officially opened Bun Sgoil Ghaidhlig Phort Righ (Portree Gaelic Primary School).

Kate Forbes MSP: Gaelic “not the preserve of any single party or ideology” 

MSPs in the Scottish Parliament will tomorrow (Tuesday 24 April) hear that the Gaelic language “is not the preserve of any single party or ideology”.

Kate Forbes makes history as first female MSP to give Gaelic speech in Holyrood chamber

Kate Forbes made history today (29 March) as she became the first female MSP to give a plenary speech entirely in Gaelic in the current Scottish Parliament chamber.