Speaking up for new ways to learn the Irish language

Meet the man taking Irish out of the classroom and into the great outdoors. Could this be the key to teaching our kids our native tongue? Helen O’Callaghan reports

Speaking up for new ways to learn the Irish language

Meet the man taking Irish out of the classroom and into the great outdoors. Could this be the key to teaching our kids our native tongue? Helen O’Callaghan reports

When you’re fishing in the Amazon with a Portuguese-speaking tribe, you quickly learn the names of the fish about to be hauled into your canoe. A piranha can bite two hours out of the water.

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