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Wed 10 Oct 2008Immigrant language project extended
FÁILTE ISTEACH, which involves older people teaching English to immigrants, would have been useful in continental Europe when the number of immigrants began to increase 20 or 30 years ago, businessman Denis O'Brien said yesterday as the project was extended nationwide.
"For me, Fáilte Isteach is the absolute model of the way we should tackle this opportunity," he said, "because Ireland is going to be a better place in 10 or 20 years for these new Irish people."
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