VIDEO: What the new (non-Irish speaking) Minister for the Gaeltacht is in for

Life for Fine Gael's Joe McHugh is going to be like one never-ending Irish oral exam

VIDEO: What the new (non-Irish speaking) Minister for the Gaeltacht is in for

Life for Fine Gael's Joe McHugh is going to be like one never-ending Irish oral exam from now on - the new Gaeltacht Affairs minister isn't exactly fluent in Irish.

As it's a pretty important part of his new job, Joe's first action has been to book himself into a refresher course to polish up his cúpla focail but, as we all remember, Irish isn't the easiest of languages to learn.

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