SUMMER SCHOOL CUTBACKS THREATEN GALWAY GAELTACHT ECONOMY

Date Published: 29-Oct-2008

Many of Galway's Irish Language summer schools are under threat of a student fee increase or possible closure.That's according to Conradh na Gaelige, which is calling on the Government to reverse its decision to cut a teaching grant given to these schools.Colleges in Galways Gaeltacht depend on the capital grant as a source of income so they can offer the courses at a reasonable price to parents. Twenty Five thousand teenagers attend summer school in the Gaeltacht but with no grant it will be difficult to run economically viable courses.