Supporting Irish - Time for a reality check?

It is unlikely that anyone in Government could give an absolute figure on what we spend to try to get more than 3% of us to speak Irish.

It must be hundreds of millions if not something close to a billion.

The rejuvenation of our national language is one of the singular failures of this State since its foundation. It is of course a good thing that we support Irish but the vast majority of us do not feel strongly enough on the issue to even try to occasionally speak it.