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Professor Caoimhín De Barra, who teaches Irish history at Gonzaga University, interviews Irish journalist Caoimhe Ni Chonchoille and her husband, diplomat Robert O’Driscoll about the Irish language.

Caoimhe Ni Chonchoille is an Irish journalist who reports on political, social and economic issues in Ireland for the Irish language TV news bulletins ‘Nuacht RTÉ’ and ‘Nuacht TG4’ and is a newsreader and video journalist.

Robert O’Driscoll is Consul General of Ireland to the Western United States and previously served overseas in Ireland’s Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels (2012), as Deputy Head of Mission in Ireland’s Embassy to the United Arab Emirates (2009 to 2011) and in Ireland’s Embassy to Saudi Arabia (2008 to 2009).