Re: Ping Blueshirt

On 16/02/2025 10:10 pm, Blueshirt wrote:

Daniel70 wrote:
 

Blueshirt, this afternoon I was out with one sister visiting
another sister.
>
Whilst driving, my sister changed my car radio from the
channel that I usually listen to ABC Radio News just as they
were switching over to BBC Radio News.
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The top story they were covering was a movement in Ireland to
teach Gealick (SP??) to everyone in Ireland whilst they were
at school. I think they mentioned a figure of "over one
million" learning Gealick at this time.

 'Irish' is the official language of Ireland and it is on the
curriculum here for every child... and has been for decades.
Everyone learns Irish at school, the majority just don't use it
much once they leave!
 If the news item is on the BBC then I suspect they mean schools
in Northern Ireland, where of course Irish is not the official
language and is not taught in quite a lot of schools!!!

The impression I got was that they were talking about Southern Ireland (Erie??).
--
Daniel70