Having taught languages in a range of schools in Ireland, Spain and Italy, I am always struck by the many negative attitudes to learning Irish. You frequently hear students talk about how hard it ...

About 40% of St Malachy's 400 pupils are "newcomers", who did not originally have Irish or English as a first language. "Those children, they are especially keen to learn Irish," Ms McSherry said.

She has a master’s in specific learning disability and works with dyslexic students. She’s also mother to Maeve, a 10-year-old girl with dyslexia, who is exempt from studying Irish.

Some of the pupils at St Malachy's Primary School in Belfast who have been learning the Irish language as part of a new initiative According to Soham's teacher at St Malachy's, Colette McSherry ...