GALWAY REFUGEE STUDENTS PROTEST OVER SCHOOL CLOSURE

Date Published: 19-Jun-2008

Staff and students of Galway's Integrate Ireland Language and Training Centre protested in Eyre Square today over the imminent closure of the centre.The Department of Education is to close all IILT centres nationwide in what's being described as a 'streamlining move'.IILT schools teach people with refugee status from outside Europe how to speak English and learn computers.At the Galway centre in Westside, there are currently 5 staff and 50 students who will be left without a service from the end of July.