Hanafin stung by lack of interest in Irish teaching jobs

THE Department of Education has only been able to fill six of the 30 jobs it had planned to help primary teachers with their Irish language skills due to a lack of interest.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin has appealed to teachers to apply for the posts, which she announced last April as part of a series of measures to improve the teaching and learning of the language at primary level.

But despite a number of advertisements since last summer, only six of the jobs have been taken up in the meantime.