BBC Northern Ireland have launched a new Internet site for school children, Fios, which has been produced by Méabh Ní Mhuirí and Róisín Ní Chéileachair of the station’s Irish-language unit. The project has newly-commissioned pieces on Maths, Geography, History, Language and Science suitable for primary and post-primary pupils. The material is designed to be used in the classroom with the teacher or the pupil can work at home alone. As well as the new material on Fios, links are provided to other BBC educational material, such as Bitesize Irish, a module for GCSE students, and Preab Suas, a site which teaches the skills of Gaelic football through Irish.

Launching the site, Dr Gabrielle Maguire, Saint Mary’s University College, Belfast, said that Fios, with its “wonderful facilities”, would encourage independent learning in pupils and that teachers could weave the material into their own teaching programmes as well.