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| Title | Article: Controversy Over Irish in Secondary Schools |
| Body | From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7162108.stm Language sparks debate in Kerry By Diarmaid Fleming December 27, 2007 The status of the Irish language in Northern Ireland has prompted bitter debate in the assembly after Culture Minister Edwin Poots said he would not introduce an Irish Language Act. But in one of the few remaining Irish-speaking areas in Ireland, there's another debate, this time demanding that more English and less Irish be spoken in a new secondary school in Dingle. The Kerry Gaeltacht, or Irish-speaking area, is one of the few places left where Irish can be heard in the street. Two secondary schools recently merged into a new one, Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne. But the school's policy of teaching all lessons through Irish has led to protests by some students who say they cannot understand what they are being taught. Sam Spinn was one of the students who left classes to protest against the all-Irish policy. "A lot of students can't learn through all Irish - there are some who can but a lot of them can't and it's just not acceptable that people have to go through school in which they don't understand the classes at all," he said. Read the entire article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7162108.stm . |
| Source | BBC News |
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