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Tue 02 Feb 2010Alliance still firm even after 50 years
EDUCATION PROFILE:It’s not just the language that draws 4,000 students a year to the iconic Alliance Francaise building on Dublin’s Kildare Street. They come to absorb a bit of French culture on Irish soil too, writes LOUISE HOLDEN
Why then, is Alliance Française in Dublin the third largest institute of its kind in Europe, after Paris and Brussels? Dublin has had a quiet but passionate love affair with French for 50 years, says Alliance director Claire Bourgeois.
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