Death of Gaeltacht likely in next 10 years, warns expert
Academics critical of policy ‘status quo’ in Government efforts to save the language
The Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands was told of the State’s inaction on the language. Photograph: The Irish Times
A leading academic has warned of the death of the Gaeltacht within the next decade due to current Government strategy.
Dr Brian Ó Curnáin of the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies said a new approach was required for the language and that the status quo was no longer an option.