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A new study, carried out by an INTO member, has found that the standard of English at Gaelscoil Mhic Eamainn, Tralee, is above the national average.

An investigation into the appointment of a judge without fluent Irish to a Gaeltacht area has been blocked by a senior Government official.

Raidio X, the first national Irish-language radio station aimed at young people, was launched today on the cricket field of Trinity College Dublin.

As the row over Irish at Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne continues, Minister Mary Hanafin has sought by means of an official survey to find out if parents and students want all subjects at the school to be taught through Irish.

Foras na Gaeilge has announced funding of almost €14.3m for organisations, community groups and projects throughout the Island of Ireland.

Minister Mary Hanafin has rejected calls to withdraw her directive that English should be taught to pupils in all-Irish schools from the second term of junior infants.

An injunction has been obtained to prevent Minister Mary Hanafin from applying her policy on the teaching of English in all-Irish schools.

Lack of resources has forced a well-respected secondary school in Co Mayo to amalgamate ordinary and honours levels Leaving Cert Irish classes.

Education Minister Mary Hanafin could face High Court action over her requirement that English be introduced in all-Irish schools no later than January of Junior Infants year.

Education Ministers from north and south differed radically in the views they expressed at the launch of Foras na Gaeilge’s GLEO scheme in Dublin earlier this month.

The Minister’s circular compels Irish-medium primary schools to provide 2.5 hours of formal English language instruction per week by the second term of Junior Infants …