"The teacher will speak with a meeting of the parents."

Translation: Labhróidh an múinteoir le cruinniú de na tuismitheoirí.

[PatHargan]

Why is 'de' necessary here?

[scilling]

Because without the de, cruinniú na tuismitheoirí means “the meeting of the parents”.

[joanmvanore]

Doesn't the genitive plural get eclipsed? dtuismitheoiri?

[scilling]

Indeed it does — I should have written cruinniú na dtuismitheoirí above.

[joanmvanore]

GRMA!

[RWWTaylor]

A case where a literal translation (from Irish into English) produces an illogical result. You might be speaking with some of the parents, but you will be speaking at the meeting. Perhaps there is a more graceful way to convey the intended nuance here.