Giving migrants access to Irish classes could help with integration, study says

The survey was carried out during a period when tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees arrived in Ireland Picture: PA

Offering migrants the opportunity to learn the Irish language could help with integration in certain rural communities in Ireland, researchers have found.

As well as introducing an Irish language programme, there is a need to increase the number of English classes available to migrants who have settled away from urban centres, academics from the University of Galway said.