Students call for changes to Leaving Cert Irish

Secondary-school students have called for Irish to be made an optional subject in the Leaving Certificate.

Students call for changes to Leaving Cert Irish

Secondary-school students have called for Irish to be made an optional subject in the Leaving Certificate.

They’ve said the fact that students are forced to study the subject is creating a siege mentality in young people's minds.

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