Hanafin intercedes in school’s controversial language policy

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has intervened in the bitter row over the policy under which subjects are taught through Irish in a new school in Dingle, Co Kerry.

Critically, the minister said provision must be made for students who have no Irish, or whose Irish is too weak for them to learn through Irish.

Some parents and students have been protesting against the controversial policy at the 470-student Pobal Scoil Chorca Dhuibhne (PCD), which opened in late August and replaces two former secondary schools in the Gaeltacht town.