Irish language to be taught through PE classes

Irish will be taught through PE classes in a bid to improve schoolchildren's confidence in learning and speaking the language.

It will also support teachers to implement a Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach to language learning.He was joined at Maynooth University by Ireland soccer international Amber Barrett, a history and English teacher in Beneavin College in Dublin, and Ireland rugby captain Ciara Griffin, a primary teacher in CBS Tralee, along with Peter Kelly, Kildare footballer and teacher in St Patrick's Boys School in Rathangan.

"Initiatives like this will help to take learning out of the classroom, to make it as simple as possible for children to use and improve their Irish in a fun and everyday way.

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