Ceist: 'Cá bhfuil tú?'
Freagra: 'Thuas an staighre' nó 'thuas staighre'?
In English. we say, 'upstairs', but I am wondering if it is better to say 'thuas AN staighre' i nGaeilge? Smaointe le bhur dtoil.

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I would say that "Thuas an staighre" is the correct way.
But in abbreviated speech you could say "Thuas ' staighre".

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It is recommended that you always wait for three to agree on a translation.
I speak Connemara Irish, and my input will often reflect that.
I will do an mp3 file on request for short translations.
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That makes sense, especially as "an" is often pronounced "a." Said quickly, something like that would tend to get dropped.

Redwolf

I just say thuas/thíos staighre at home. No article. Perhaps it's less correct, but that's what I say

I'd say thuas staighre too but FGB includes the article.

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Múinteoir Gaeilge - Irish Teacher
My "specialty" is Connemara Irish, particularly Cois Fhairrge dialect, but I can also speak Ulster and Munster Irish with native-level pronunciation.
Is fearr Gaeilge ḃriste ná Béarla cliste, cinnte, aċ i ḃfad níos fearr aríst í Gaeilge ḃinn ḃeo na nGaeltaċtaí.
Gaeilge Chonnacht (GC), go háraid Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge (GCF), Gaeilic Uladh (GU), Gaelainn na Mumhan (GM), agus Gaeilge an Chaighdeáin Oifigiúil (CO).

I agree with Bríd too.
The article, if you pronounce it, would be pronounce "a' " most of the time (as it is, normally, when preceded by a consonant and followed by a consonant), but since it's between 2 s's here, in rapid speech it's easy to drop the "a" and to merge the two s's: "thuastaighre"

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Is fearr Gaeilg na Gaeltaċta ná Gaeilg ar biṫ eile
Agus is í Gaeilg Ġaoṫ Doḃair is binne

O.k. so the consensus seems to be that in written Irish, it's 'thuas an staighre', and sounds more like 'thuas staighre'.

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