Jennifer Horgan: Treatment of Irish language is damaging and divisive — we need to preserve it
Our beloved language isn't doing well
In Ireland, the number of Junior Cycle students availing of Irish exemptions has climbed by 33% in only three years, while the number of Leaving Cert students with exemptions went up by 22% in the same period.
I would love Irish to be a popular subject in our schools. It is not, and the higher up you go, the worse the attitude towards it gets.
Our beloved national language isn’t doing well in general, according to the recently released census results. Filled out in April 2022, the census highlights how fewer people are speaking Irish daily. And things are set to worsen, with more young students getting Irish exemptions in our schools.
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