This volume examines the historical context, current state of and future prospects for broadcasting in minority languages, taking Irish and Breton as case studies. Practitioners and academics from a variety of disciplines come together to identify and debate the key issues that will mean success or failure for minority language broadcasting in the new millennium.

Contents Foreword - Helen Kelly-Holmes (Aston University, Birmingham) 1. Irish Language Broadcast Media: The Interaction of State Language Policy, Broadcasters and their Audiences - Tadhg ç' hIfearnáin (University of Limerick) 2. Broadcast Media in Breton: Dawn at last? - Stefan Moal (IUFM, Teacher Training College of Brittany) 3. The Debate 4. Language Policy and the Broadcast Media: A Response - Muiris ç' Laoire (Institute of Technology, Tralee, Ireland) 5. Competence and Minority Language Broadcasting: A Response - Máire Ní Neachtain (University of Limerick) 6. The Irish Language and Radio: A Response - Rosemary Day (Mary Immaculate College, Limerick) 7. The Role of Screen Translation: A Response -Eithne O'Connell (Dublin City University) Glossary

Helen Kelly-Holmes is a lecturer in German and European Studies at Aston University, Birmingham, UK. Her main research interests include intercultural aspects of market and media discourses.