Children with dyslexia ‘denied’ chance to learn Irish due to lack of support in schools
Wexford parent says there is a sense of the Irish language ‘not being all that important, so you can opt out’
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Irish-language exemptions: ‘It’s all firefighting and band-aids, instead of a sensible approach’
Critics say there is an urgent need to overhaul how we teach Irish following a century of failure
The debate: Are Irish language exemptions given out too freely?
Over 20,000 students who had exemptions from studying Irish at second level on the grounds of literacy difficulties were studying other languages
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More than 20,000 pupils with Irish exemptions studied European languages
Dyslexia group says there are genuine reasons why students with additional needs go on to study French or German
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