Is It Time To Make Irish A Choice Subject?

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Is It Time To Make Irish A Choice Subject?

The Leaving cert results were announced on Friday, and once again they revealed a huge disparity in the number of students sitting the Irish exam in comparison to Maths and English. 7,332 fewer students sat Irish in comparison to Maths and 7,094 fewer students sat Irish in comparison to English. Is it time to make Irish a choice subject? Well to discuss further Shane was joined on the show this morning by Julian de Spáinn General Secretary of Conradh na Gaeilge and Ed Walsh Founding President of the University of Limerick. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Is It Time To Make Irish A Choice Subject?