Niall O'Gallagher ( ga, Niall Ó Gallchoir), along with Michael MacNeill, is the political correspondent (neach-naidheachd) for the BBC's ''

An Là ''An Là'' (''The Day'') is a Scottish Gaelic-language news programme broadcast on the Gaelic-language channel, BBC Alba. The programme, based at BBC Alba's newsroom in Inverness, began at 8pm on 22 September 2008 and provides a 30-minute b ...

'' News programme. Before the launch of ''An Là'', O'Gallagher worked on Radio nan Gaidheal's ''Aithris na Maidne'' and ''Aithris an Fheasgair'', also on politics. O'Gallagher was the first correspondent to appear on the first night of ''An Là'', from the Labour Party Conference in Manchester. He writes a political blog for the BBC Alba Naidheachdan website. O'Gallagher is originally from

Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian on the southern shore of t ...

and learnt

Gaelic Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Ca ...

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, where he graduated with a first class MA(Hons) degree in English and Scottish Literature, and a PhD in English Literature on the work of the writer Alasdair Gray. He remains an Honorary Research Associate of the Glasgow University Celtic Department. O'Gallagher also made a film for BBC2's ''

Eòrpa ' (Scottish Gaelic for ''Europe'') is long-running current affairs programme broadcast on BBC Alba. The series has been running since 1993 and has covered political and social issues affecting Europe and Europeans over that time including issues ...

'' on Slovak immigrants to Glasgow, and provides occasional commentary for First Minister's Questions on Holyrood Live. O'Gallagher also writes poetry in Gaelic. O'Gallagher's debut collection, ''Beatha Ùr'' (A New Life), containing a group of ten sonnets on various subjects and a longer set of poems about Glasgow, was published by Scottish Gaelic publisher

CLÀR CLÀR is a Scottish Gaelic publisher. Established in 1996, the company is run on a voluntary, independent basis and based in Inverness, Scotland. It was the publisher for the Ùr-sgeul project, specialising in new Gaelic fiction. Publishing Poli ...

in 2013. ''Beatha Ùr'', with its Gaelic-only content, contradicts the 'culture of translation' recognised as being dominant within 20th and 21st Century Scottish Gaelic poetry publications.http://www.aberystwyth.ac.uk/mercator/images/CorinnaKrause.pdf

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