No Gaelscoil Option For Second Level Students In The Midlands

Many counties across the country don't offer secondary school education through Irish.

Children finishing 6th class in the Midlands don't have the option to go to a local Gaelscoil for their second level education.

Department of Education figures released to TD Barry Ward - and seen by the Irish Examiner - show Offaly, Westmeath, Laois, along with Roscommon, Longford, Cavan, Clare, Leitrim, Louth, and Sligo don't offer a secondary school through Irish.

Elsewhere in the country the numbers also show a big drop off in pupils going from primary schools taught through Irish to second level gaelscoileanna.

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