Father hits out at Gaelscoil-only option for students

A KERRY father is extremely worried about the educational future of his Russian stepdaughter, who could be forced to attend a school where all subjects are taught through Irish.

Anastasia Lyamina sat the Junior Certificate at the all- Irish Meánscoil na Toirbhirte in Dingle two months ago, where she was able to learn most subjects through English.

The school, run by the Presentation Sisters, has now closed and is being amalgamated with the local Christian Brothers’ boys school. The new school, Pobalscoil Corca Dhuibhne, is to be an all-Irish school, but 15-year- old Anastasia, who has been exempt from learning the language since arriving in Ireland with her mother in 2005, will have to learn everything through Irish if she enrolls there.