And the Irish accent, rather than being viewed as a handicap, is actually quite sought after by students, Oliver says: "Irish English tends to be pretty clear in its pronunciation, easier to ...

See PA story IRISH Languages . Photo credit should read: Brian Lawless/PA Wire Dr Aisling Ni Dhiorbhan and Dr Tara Concannon-Gibney, of the DCU Sealbhu Research Centre for the Learning and ...

More than 20,000 students who had exemptions from studying Irish at second level on the grounds of having a learning disability were studying other languages such as French, German and Spanish ...

Since 1999, there has been an 11% increase in the number of exemptions provided to post-primary schools from learning Irish ... or appreciation of the Irish language.

“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 ...

Alicia Ward, Aoibhinn Jennings and Mary Josephine Ward earn runners-up award at SciFest@Teen-Turn for app aimed at assisting ...

"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 ...

There is a risk of complacency over the relatively low level of proficiency in a second foreign language exhibited by young Irish people. The latest figures from the EU show Ireland languishing at ...