A resolution passed at the 2012 Young Fine Gael national conference in Tullamore calling for the removal of Irish as a compulsory subject in the Leaving Certificate has been criticised by Fianna Fáil.
The motion, proposed by Young Fine Gael’s Wexford branch, called on Fine Gael “to live up to its election promise and remove Irish as a compulsory subject”.
Fianna Fáil spokesman on justice Dara Calleary said the policy “to downgrade Irish was not helpful”.
