Taoiseach criticised for lack of ‘understanding’ for non-Irish speakers

Enda Kenny insists on Irish as Mick Wallace asks for reply in English

Maureen O’Sullivan: she  repeated her call in the Dáil that every primary school in the State should be a Gaelscoil or all-Irish school for its first two or three years to increase the number of Irish speakers.  Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Maureen O’Sullivan: she repeated her call in the Dáil that every primary school in the State should be a Gaelscoil or all-Irish school for its first two or three years to increase the number of Irish speakers. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times

Taoiseach Enda Kenny should have “more understanding” for people who do not have his knowledge of the Irish language, the Dáil has heard. Independent TD Maureen O’Sullivan made the criticism during a debate on the Irish language 20-year strategy.

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