Irish Essay Phrases

Faoin gcéad

Percent

Foréigin

Violence

Daoine óga

Young people

Cuireann sé alltacht orm

It horrifies me

Cur i gcás

For example

D'fheadfadh sé bheith níos measa

It could be worse

Dar liomsa

In my opinion

Dul chun cinn

Progress

Feictear domsa go bhfuil

It seems to me that

Go bhfios dom

As far as I know

I bhfad níos forleithne ná riamh

Much more widespread than ever

I láthair na huaire

At present

I ndeireadh na dála

At the end of the day

Go bunúsach

Basically

Idir an dá linn

In the meantime

Ina theannta sin

As well as that

Ag dul i bhfeabhas

Getting better

Ag dul in olcas

Getting worse

Ag dul ó smacht

Going out of control

A bheag nó a mhór

To a greater or lesser extent

Ar an gcéad dul síos / i dtús báire

First of all

Ar fud na cruinne

Throughout the world

Bheadh gaois Sholaimh de dhíth

You’d need the wisdom of Solomon

Caithfidh mé a admháil

I have to admit

Ceacht dóite foghlamtha

A lesson learnt

Cead dom, cead duit

Live and let live

Chun an fhírinne a rá

To tell the truth

Conspóideach

Controversial

Is é mo thuairim láidir

It is my strong belief that

Is éagóireach an ní é

It is unjust

Is fearr déanach ná choíche

Better late than never

Is mithid do X rud a dhéanamh

X must do something

Is oth liom a rá

I hate to say / I’m sorry to say

Le blianta beaga anuas

In recent years

Maidir le

In relation to; as well as

Measaim

I think

Ní hamháin sin, ach

Not only that, but

Níl aon amhras ach go

There is no doubt that

Níl gár a shéanadh

There’s no point in denying it

Níl insint béil ar

Words can’t describe

Níl sé ceart, cóir ná cothrom

It’s not right, just nor fair

Ó mo thaithí féin

Based on my own experience

Ó thús ama

From the beginning of time

Sa lá atá inniu ann

Nowadays

Sa todhchaí / amach anseo

In the future

Tá ábhar machnaimh ann

It’s something to think about

Tá saol an mhada bháin ag…

…have a great life

Is ait liom

It seems strange to me

Tráth dá raibh

Once

Achmhainní nádurtha

Natural resources

Ag dul i ngleic le fadhb an bhruscair

Tackling the litter problem

Ag crá agus ag creimeadh na tíre

Tormenting the country

Táthar ag tuar

It is being predicted

Teocht domhanda

Global temperature

Blaiseadh dá gcultúr

A taste of their culture

Caitear go dona le daoine

People are treated badly

Ciníochas an-chaolchúiseach

Very subtle racism

Cruatan an tsaoil

the hardship of life

Dearcadh caolaigeanta

Narrow-minded attitude

Níos minice ná a mhalairt

More often than not

Tír ilchultúrtha

Multicultural country

Tréimhse stairiúil

Historical period

Deis chaillte

Lost opportunity

Dul i ngleic leis an fhadhb

To tackle the problem

Géarchéim

Crisis, emergency

Is iomaí gearán a dhéantar

Many complaints are made about

Saineolaithe

Experts

Sciúirse na ndrugaí

The scourge of drugs

Tá údar imní ann

There’s cause for worry

Taom scaoill

A panic attack

Réiteach na faidhbe

Solution to the problem

Na boic mhóra

The ‘big wigs; political heavyweights