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Originally posted by Arneldo
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Originally posted by CathalOS
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Irish Language
Don't get me wrong, I love Ireland and I'm quite patriotic, but people should just get over it. Irish Language is still a compulsory subject in R.O.I and you still need it to get into most collages/universities in Ireland, which I thin is rubbish. When you leave school you will never ever use it again. I have been learning it since I was in 1st class and I don't know any of it. I never use it and don't plan too. The government are just trying to flog a dead horse.
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i disagree iv been going to an irish all-irish speaking school for my whole life an i think its great ."When you leave school you will never ever use it again"what about working in an irish school or teaching irish and theres onther jobs too i know a guy who works in a university in Sydney,Australia teaching irish.
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The majority will never use it again. The majority of Irish secondary school pupils are doing Ordinary level Irish. You don't even need it to join the Gardi now. I don't think it should go forever, I just think it should be compulsory. I'd rather learn another European language then waste time learning a language that isn't even spoken in it's country.
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well if nobody speaks it then why is there a national tv & rafio station in irish why is there many schools that ar all-irish??and i know loads of people who speak irish more then they speak english plus nearly if not more then 1 million people ar ableto speak irish!
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Their is a national all Irish Radio & TV station for the small minority who do speak Irish, mostly in the west of Ireland (However that Irish TV station has to use English subtitles in hope to attract an audience, and some of the programmes are in English). However, I think you will find that those who speak Irish will mostly use English to communicate. I'm sure more then 1 million can speak Irish, but I'm 100% positive that a tiny few out of that number, and mean tiny tiny few, use it all of them time. Even some gealtachs have cut down on the amount of Irish is to be spoken. One of the biggest gealtach's, can't remember the name now, cut down on Irish classes from 80 mins to 40mins a day.
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Ditto everything you said Aaron. It drives me insane that I have to sit in Irish class 5 times a week,when I'm not even using it and could be spending time on subjects I actually need points in. The uni thing is stupid,like you said we will never need Irish so why therefore should we have to pass it to get into a uni we want? Ridiculous. I've been doing it since I've been 3, 14 years later I know nothing.
edit:I'd put Robbie Williams and Westlife in Room 101 too.