Irish-Language Quangos and Peter McGuire
Regarding
Peter McGuire's comment ("So Many Quangos, So Little Irish", 19th
March, 2013) that major International companies are hiring staff from
Continental countries rather than from Ireland "due to the lack of
qualified European-language graduates from within Ireland", I'd like to
remind him that Irish is actually a modern European language. Furthermore,
almost exactly as many students take Continental languages in the Leaving Cert
as take Irish.
On top of that,
Ireland hits well above its weight when it comes to employment in technology
and international business (for which English is the unquestioned lingua franca anyway). If Google is
employing Germans ahead of Irish people, it's only in cases where they need
native German speakers. Nothing in our education system will change that.
Labels: AE, Aontas Eorpach, Brian Ó Broin, Comhluadar, Éire, EU, gaeilge, German, irish, Irish Times, Language Pedagogy, Languages, Peter McGuire, Quangos, Teangacha
posted by sacsanua @ 1:04 PM
2 Comments:
McGuire is a disgrace to the academic folklore community. His part time journalism is also know for its sensationalism. Fortunately he is not a permanent faculty member in UCD.
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