Language policy is tongue-tied

I SYMPATHISE with the predicament of fifth-year student Sonya Minihane (Letters, October 1) in relation to spoken Irish.

We wonder how students who sit Leaving Certificate Irish (and indeed achieve A1 honours in certain cases) still cannot converse fluently in the language.

There is no ‘focal Gaeilge’ to be heard outside the classroom confines or no Irish centre where people could meet and speak Irish comfortably and struggling students could sit in and listen to the spoken word.