Gaeltacht loses €1m business to bigger rival

The decision by online teacher training college Hibernia to shift its student summer courses from the Iveragh Gaeltacht to the bigger Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht on the Dingle peninsula has been described as an “unbelievable loss.”

There is also disappointment at one Gaeltacht effectively taking business, worth more than €1 million a year, from a more fragile sister Gaeltacht.

The summer college was the Uíbh Ráthach Gaeltacht in South Kerry’s only real foray into the Irish language learning industry, which is large scale in Corca Dhuibhne, according to locals.