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Let the Gaeltacht come to you this summer at Coláiste Deirbhle. This Irish language college, set at the foot of Nephin overlooking Lough Conn, is a great place to improve your mother tongue. Qualified and experienced Irish teachers, having grown up in the Gaeltacht and taught for many years in Gaeltacht summer collages, are offering a one week preparatory course for Higher and Ordinary Level Leaving Cert Irish, bearing in mind that the Irish oral for the new Leaving Cert Irish syllabus is now worth a massive 40 per cent.

Togra Mhaigh Eo will be running oral Irish classes for Leaving Cert students starting on February 27.

New research into Irish family meal times, and attitudes to cooking with rice, undertaken by Uncle Ben’s to launch the Begin with Ben campaign, has revealed that the average time Mayo families spend together over the course of a week enjoying family meals is a maximum of 50 to 60 minutes. When broken down, that is an average of only eight minutes per day.

New research into Irish family meal times has revealed that the average time Athlone families spend together over the course of a week enjoying family meals is a maximum of 50-60 minutes.

As the exam season approaches, oral examinations will be taking place over the coming weeks in the language subjects. A great deal of emphasis is placed on the spoken element of the language examinations, with between 20 and 25 per cent of the marks allowed for the oral element. A strong performance in the oral examinations can set students up for an excellent overall result in Irish, French, German, and Spanish. It is important, therefore, that students spend time preparing for their oral language examination. While students cannot predict what direction their conversation may take, there are a number of common themes and techniques which can be utilised to help improve performance.

From April 25 to April 30, revision courses for both Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students will take place in GMIT, Castlebar.

A six week preparation course in oral Irish for Leaving Cert students is being offered on Mondays, starting Monday January 24, from 5pm to 6pm in Iorras Le Chéile Resource Centre, Main Street, Belmullet.

Conradh na Gaeilge will host two intensive courses for Leaving Cert students preparing for the Irish language oral exam.

The Junior Certificate stifles creativity and a spirit of enquiry in the next generation, IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, has claimed this week, as results of the exam were released.

Conradh na Gaeilge will host a six week Irish course for Junior Certificate students to help them improve their Irish.