The future of how we teach the Irish language in schools is under scrutiny.

Almost 60,000 schoolchildren received an exemption from the subject between 2022 and 2023, according to the Department of Education.

On Upfront with Katie Hannon this week our audience and panel debated if the subject should still be compulsory in schools.

Stream the episode in full on the RTÉ Player: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/upfr...

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