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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 ...

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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.

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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.

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a bit of Irish sometimes and Hindi and Marathi." According to Soham's teacher at St Malachy's, Colette McSherry, learning a second language when young brings many other benefits for pupils. "It helps ...