I was disappointed to hear that Seán Ó Curreáin, Language Commissioner, is to resign. Séan worked tirelessly for the Irish language and Gaeltacht communities for the past eight years in his role.

A CAMPAIGN for a support centre for all-Irish schools is to place pressure on Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe to deliver the facility promised nine years ago in his own constituency.

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has not yet decided whether government plans announced eight years ago for a €1.9 million all-Irish teacher training centre in Co Cork are to go ahead.

A DEDICATED teacher training college for those seeking work in all-Irish schools has been proposed as part of a review of teaching of the language.