Aiste

Everyone has a responsibility

Tá dualgas ar gach duine

Believe it or not

Creid é nó ná creid

I believe

Creidim

We will try and come to a solution for the problems in this essay

Déanfaimid iarracht teacht ar réiteach na faidhbe san aiste seo

I'd say

Déarfainn

To tell the truth

Chun an fhírinne a insint/ a rá

I think (suppose) there's a connection with

Is dóigh liom go bhfuil baint ag

As I said before

Mar a dúirt mé cheana

I'm sorry to say

Is oth liom a rá

Looking at

Ag breathnú ar

Doing great work

Ag déanamh éacht

Failing

Ag teip

In a bad way

I gcruachás

It bothers me

Goilleann sé orm

I have to say

Caithfidh mé a rá

At all

ar chor ar bith, in aon chor

Already

Cheana féin

Time will tell

Is maith an scéalaí an aimsir

likewise

Mar an gcéanna

The age of the internet

Ré an idirlín

I wonder

Meastú

What are the main causes of these matters?

Cad iad na príomhchúiseanna go bhfuil cúrsaí mar atá?

Who is the blame?

Cé air bhfuil an locht?

I think it would be true to say that

Táim ag ceapadh go mbeadh sé fíor a rá go bhfuil

I believe (d) there is no simple solution to this difficult problem

Is dóigh liom nach bhfuil réiteach simplí ar an bhfadhb chasta seo

It's not talk we need but action

Ní caint atá uainn ach gníomh

I think

Ceapaim, Sílim , Measaim

Firstly

Ar an gcéad dul síos

Especially

Go háirithe

It's no lie to say

Ní bréag ar bith a rá

At present

Faoi láthair, i láthair na huaire

Lately

Le déanaí

In the future

Sa todhchaí

At the same time

Ag an am céanna

First of all

I dtús báire

Such as

Ar nós

... is a big problem

Is fadhb mhór é/í

In Ireland

In Éirinn

All over the world

Ar fud an domhain

In Europe

San Eoraip

This is a very topical issue

Tá an t-ábhar seo go mór i mbéal an phobail

There is no question but that some of the fault lies with

Níl aon cheist ach go bhfuil cuid den locht ar

... has done a lot of work

Is mór an méid oibre atá déanta ag ...

For that reason

Ar an ábhar sin

There are many advantages to

Is iomaí buntáiste a bhaineann le

Because of that

Dá bharr sin

Because of

De bharr

At the end of the day

Ag deireadh an lae

Without a doubt

Gan dabht, gan amhras

In my opinion

I mo thuairim

I don't think that

Ní dóigh liomsa go

It can't be denied that

Ní féidir a shéanadh go

As everyone knows

Mar is eol do chách

It's the responsibility of the government

Tá sé de dhualgas ag an rialtas

According to statistics

De réir na staitisticí

Experts

saineolaithe

The rate

An ráta

Percent

Faoin gcéad

Secondly

Ar an dara dul síos

There is a mixture of causes of this problem

Tá meascán de chúiseanna leis an bhfadhb seo

Some of the fault is on

Tá cuid den locht ar

Is there a solution for the problem ...?

An bhfuil aon réiteach ar fhadhb...?

There should be

Ba cheart go mbeadh

You cannot deny

Ní féidir a shéanadh

With that being said

É sin a rá

There are a lot of reasons for it

Is iomaí cúis atá leis

There a huge difference between yesterday and today

Is mór idir inné agus inniú

It is clear to me

Is léir domsa

According to me

Dar liom

It's our duty

Tá sé de dhualgas orainn

Progress

Dul chun cinn

It's hard to believe

Is deacair a chreidiúint

In conclusion

Mar focail scoir

It's a terrible mess

Tá sé ina phráiseach

Above all else

Thar gach ní eile

Basically

Go bunúsach

There are advantages and disadvantages connected with it

Tá buntáistí agus míbhuntáistí ag baint leis

As I mentioned already

Mar a luaigh mé cheana

It's difficult to find a solution to this problem

Níl sé éasca teacht ar réiteach ar an bhfadhb seo

There are few countries that don't suffer from these problems

Is beag tír ar domhan nach bhfuil ag fulaingt de bharr na faidhbe seo

This added to problems

Chuir sé seo leis na fadhbanna

Voluntary organisations

Eagraíochta deonacha

Not to mention

Gan trácht ar

There has been an increase

Tháinig méadú ar

There has been a change

Tháinig athrú ar

Decision

Cinneadh

In regards to

I leith

Fully

Go hiomlán

To make matters worse

Mar bharr ar gach donas

Eventually

Ar deireadh thiar

Depending on

Ag brath ar

It is said that there has been a great increase

Deirtear go bhfuil méadú mór tagtha ar

It is said that there has been a great decrease

Deirtear go bhfuil laghdú mór tagtha ar

Increasing

Ag dul i méid

Decreasing

Ag dul i laghad

Declining

Ag dul i meath

Improving

Ag dul i bhfeabhas

Getting worse

Ag dul in olcas