More than a third of post-primary students exempt from Irish are at Deis schools

It comes as the number of Irish exemptions granted at post-primary level reached a record high in 2024. File photo

More than a third of post-primary students exempt from studying Irish attend disadvantaged schools.

Education minister Hildegarde Naughton confirmed that 20,713 exemptions from Irish held at post-primary level are held by students attending Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, or Deis, post-primary schools.