Tacaigh le Lá Nua! Support Lá Nua!

An fhaca sibh an t-alt seo san Irish News, Dé Sathairn 20 Meán Fómhair?

Tá sé fógraithe ag Foras na Gaeilge go bhfuil sé de rún aige deireadh a chur le nuachtán laethúil na Gaeilge, Lá Nua, mar nach bhfuil ‘go leor léitheoirí’ ann. Ach, tá Lá agus Lá Nua ar an saol le 24 bliain anuas, ag streacailt ar an bheagan.

An bhliain seo chugainn, tá an cuma air go mbeidh Foras na Gaeilge ag cur an oiread faoi dhó de mhaoiniú ar fáil do dhream éigin le níos lú faoi 5 a dhéanamh. (Nuachtán seachtainiúl in áit nuachtáin laethúil)

An bhliain seo caite rinne na haontachaithe iarracht buille a bualadh ar na meáin Gaeilge agus deireadh a chur leis an Chiste Craoltóireachta Gaeilge. Thug pobal na Gaeilge tacaíocht don Chiste Craoltóireachta agus anois is léir go bhfuil gá le Lá Nua, nuachtáin laethúil na nGael, a chosaint.

Chuir litireacha tacaíochta chuig baill an Bhoird, Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean, BÁC agus chuig na meáin Béarla agus Gaeilge. Cuirigí in iúl do na polaiteoirí go bhfuil sibh ag dúil le leormhaoiniú cuí do Lá Nua. Tá nuachtán laethúil na nGael, Lá Nua, de dhíth orainn agus ar ár gcuid páistí.

Tacaigh leis na meáin Gaeilge. Tacaigh le Lá Nua.

Did you see this news piece in The Irish News on Saturday, 20th Sept?

Forsa na Gaeilge has announced that it intends to put an end to the Irish language daily newspaper because it says there are ‘not enough readers’. But, the newspaper Lá / Lá Nua has been being produced now for 24 years, on shoe string funding. Next year, it appears that Foras na Gaeilge will make twice the amount it currently gives to Lá Nua available for some one to produce 5 times less – a weekly instead of a daily paper.

Last year, unionist politicians tried to put an end to the Irish Language Broadcasting Fund. The Irish speaking community came out and supported the Fund and now it is clear that there is a need to defend the daily newspaper, Lá Nua.

Send your letters of support for Lá Nua to the Board members of Foras na Gaeilge, 7 Cearnóg Mhuirfean, Dublin 2, and also to the English and Irish media. Ask your political representatives that you want a Lá Nua to be adequately supported. We need our daily Irish language newspaper for ourselves and for the future of the language.