A Chara, – Andrew Doyle (August 9th) presumes to speak for “most other parents around the country” who have to pay for Irish (language) textbooks for their children “who do not enjoy having to learn a compulsory language that the vast majority of them will have no use for once they leave school”.
I would like to ask Mr Doyle what use will they make of subjects such as history, geography, religion, or much of what is prescribed on their English (also “compulsory”) courses? Mr Doyle talks of “fumbling in a greasy till” for the money to pay for Irish textbooks. But surely we Irish are more than a nation of shopkeepers. – Le meas,
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