"I find it respectful that the Irish students are learning my language." These are the words ... Each week the students attend a free online live lesson with two Arabic teachers and also take ...

Some of the pupils at St Malachy's Primary School in Belfast who have been learning the Irish language as part of a new initiative According to Soham's teacher at St Malachy's, Colette McSherry ...

“We’re very passionate about Gaeilge as well, and we see the potential for Irish as a common second language to provide more opportunities for children to develop language learning ...

If there is research and evidence that shows that learning Irish, as opposed to learning a foreign language, presents particular difficulties, it should be highlighted. In any event, we should ask ...

Anyway, while English is the main language spoken in Ireland these days, there is another language spoken here that predates English by thousands of years called Irish Gaelic, or simply Irish.

More than 20,000 students who had exemptions from studying Irish at second ... on the grounds of learning difficulties – 20,263 students – were studying a modern foreign language in the ...

Researchers in Dublin have produced a report showing the benefits of a plurilingual approach in teaching Irish in primary schools, particularly children whose first language is not Irish or English.

About 40% of St Malachy's 400 pupils are "newcomers", who did not originally have Irish or English as a first language. "Those children, they are especially keen to learn Irish," Ms McSherry said.