66 per cent of Irish can speak English only [educationmatters.ie]
- Published: 07 October 2011
The report from the Royal Irish Academy (RIA) states that Ireland’s ability to compete internationally is being damaged by the lack of a coherent strategy on the teaching and learning of foreign languages.
According to the report:
- Ireland is the only European Union country, apart from Scotland, where learning a foreign language in school is not compulsory.
- Ireland has the highest proportion of citizens in the EU (66%) who say they do not know any other language apart from their mother tongue.
