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On Thursday 10th May at 10.30 in Coláiste Feirste, Belfast’s Irish Medium secondary school, POBAL, the independent advocacy organisation for the Irish language, launched its research report, Further and Higher Education, Training and Employment Experience of past pupils of Irish Medium Education in Belfast – 1970s to the present. Coláiste Feirste’s Principal, Garaí Mac Roibeaird, opened the event, and other guest speakers included Liam Ó Flannagáin, CEO of Comhairle na Gaelscolaíochta and Eibhlín Mhic Aoidh from St Mary’s University College. Janet Muller, POBAL’s Director, said, ‘There is a lack of base line data regarding the education, training, and employment status of former pupils of Irish Medium schools in Belfast (and elsewhere), in spite of the fact that it is now more than 45 years since the first Irish medium primary school, Bunscoil Phobail Feirste opened its doors. This research, carried out with funding from Belfast City Council under its Capacity Building programme, will provide a valuable information resource for educationalists, government bodies, Irish language groups, training providers and others. It will help to build capacity and strengthen ongoing work, including opportunities for forward planning, building the local labour market and matching capacity with employment opportunities. She continued, ‘A sense of ability and confidence emerges from much of the responses to the research, Nonetheless there is also an awareness of marginalisation and exclusion from the mainstream. The research highlights the concern of respondents at the lack of legislative protection for Irish and the paucity of Irish language services and visibility in their localities.’ Some significant findings from the research: - Respondents are overwhelming in their call for more services and more support for Irish speakers and for the ‘normalisation’ of the public use of the language through legislation, increased visibility and new and improved services. - Whilst post code alone is not a reliable indicator of the full range of socio-economic factors, many of those attending IM schools in the past 45 years have lived in areas of recognised multiple disadvantage, and all of the schools themselves are located in such areas. - Respondents indicate a wide range of employment experience. Our research reveals professionals, civil servants, administrators, retailers, artists, IT and digital specialists, youth workers, teachers, hospitality workers, health professionals and more. There is a high percentage of Third Level education and qualifications in an extensive range of specialisms and areas of life. - The majority of respondents to the research (51.6%) are currently employed in settings where the main language of the workplace is Irish. They, along with some of the 40% who did not work in predominantly Irish speaking environments, cited using the language with colleagues (84.4%), managers (58.3%), owners of companies (28.9%), customers (68%) and Irish language groups (71.1%). This shows not only a very high level of ongoing use of Irish in the workplace from past pupils, it also gives a flavour of the range of opportunities for people carrying out their day to day business to come into contact with the Irish language. - Use of Irish among respondents is not however confined to the workplace. We asked if respondents used Irish either often or occasionally in their personal lives. 94% said that they did. Very high percentages (86.6%) stated that they used the language with friends, on social media (69.1%) and with either their children (41.6%) or their parents (44.3%). Janet said, ‘There is no doubt that the Irish language is a living part of the vibrancy of the city and that this presents opportunities for Belfast City Council and other agencies to continue to develop initiatives, policies and practices that support a full range of services and provision for all sections of the community. The research report is available on
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Déardaoin 10 Bealtaine ar 10.30 i gColáiste Feirste, sheol POBAL, eagras neamhspleách abhcóideachta a thuairisc taighde nua, Eispéireas na nIar-dhaltaí de chuid an Ghaeloideachais i mBéal Feirste ar Bhreisoideachas, agus ar Ardoideachas, ar Thraenáil agus ar Fhostaíocht – 1970aidí – an lá inniu. D’oscail Garaí Mac Roibeaird, Príomhoide Choláiste Feirste an ócáid, agus ar na haoi chainteoirí bhí Liam Ó Flannagáin, PF Chomhairle na Gaelscolaíochta agus Eibhlín Mhic Aoidh, Léachtóir Sinséarach san Oideachas ó Choláiste na hOllscoile Naomh Muire. Dúirt Janet Muller, Stiúrthóir POBAL, ‘Tá ganntanas sonraí bunlíne ar fáil i dtaca le hoideachas, traenáil agus stádas fostaíochta iardhaltaí de chuid an Ghaeloideachais i mBéal Feirste (agus in áiteanna eile), cé go bhfuil sé anois 45 bliana ó osclaíodh doirse an chéad bhunscoile, Bunscoil Phobail Feirste. Tá an taighde seo á mhaoiniú ag Comhairle Bhéal Feirste faoina chlár Acmhainniú an Phobail, agus cuirfidh sé áis thábhachtach eolais ar fáil d’oideachasóirí, d’áisíneachtaí stáit, do ghrúpaí Gaeilge, do sholáthróirí traenála agus daoine nach iad. Cuideoidh sé le hacmhainniú an phobail agus le neartú na hoibre leanúnaí atá ar siúl, deiseanna le réamhphleanáil a dhéanamh, leis an mhargadh fostaíochta a fhorbairt agus le cumas a mheaitseáil le riachtanais fostaíochta uilig san áireamh.’ Lean sí , ‘Mothaítear meon an chumais agus na muiníne ó chuid mhaith freagraí an taighde. Dá ainneoin sin, tá tuiscint an imeallaithe agus an eisiata ón phobal i gcoitinne. Sa tátail taighde, cuirtear béim ar bhuarthaí na bhfreagróirí faoin easpa cosanta reachtaíochta atá ann don teanga agus faoi ghanntanas agus dhofheictheachta na seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge go háitiúil.’ Torthaí sonracha an taighde: * Tá éileamh thar na bearta ó fhreagróirí ar thuilleadh seirbhísí agus ar thuilleadh tacaíochta do phobal na Gaeilge, ina theannta sin, éilíonn siad ‘normálú’ na teanga sa saol poiblí trí reachtaíocht, infheictheacht níos suntasaí, agus forbairt ar sheirbhísí nua feabhsaithe. * Cé nach féidir brath ar na cóid phoist amháin mar chomhartha ar réimse iomlán na gcúinsí socheacnamaíochta, chónaigh a lán iardhaltaí de chuid an Ghaeloideachais le 45 bliana anuas i gceantair aitheanta an il-anáis. Dár ndóigh, tá na Gaelscoileanna féin ar fad lonnaithe ina leithéid de cheantar. * Léiríonn freagróirí réimse leathan de thaithí fostaíochta. Nochtann ár dtaighde gairmithe, státseirbhísigh, riarthóirí, miondíoltóirí, ealaíontóirí, speisialtóirí san eolas digiteach agus teicneolaíochta, oibrithe óige, múinteoirí, oibrithe san earnáil aíochta, gairmithe sláinte agus srl. Tá ardchéatadán d’oideachas Tríú Leibhéal agus cáilíochtaí i réimse leathan speisialtóireachta agus gnéithe an tsaoil. * Faoi láthair, tá formhór na bhfreagróirí (51.6%) in ionaid oibre ina bhfuil an Ghaeilge mar phríomhtheanga na láithreach oibre. Dúirt siadsan, mar aon le roinnt den 40% nach n-oibríonn den chuid is mó i dtimpeallacht Ghaeilge, go n-úsáideann siad an teanga le comhghleacaithe (84.4%), bainisteoirí (58.3%), úinéirí comhlachta (28.9%), custaiméirí (68%) agus grúpaí Gaeilge (71.1%). Léiríonn sé seo ní amháin go mbíonn iardhaltaí de chuid an Ghaeloideachais ag baint ard-úsáid go leanúnach as an Ghaeilge san áit oibre, ach ina theannta sin, tugann sé blaiseadh de na deiseanna forleathana atá ann do dhaoine agus iad i mbun gnó ó lá go lá, teacht i dteagmháil leis an Ghaeilge. * Níl úsáid na Gaeilge i measc na bhfreagróirí teoranta go dtí an láthair oibre, áfach. D’fhiosraigh muid ar úsáid na freagróirí an teanga go minic nó go hannamh ina saol pearsanta féin. Dúirt 94% go n-úsáideann. Chuir céatadán iontach ard (86.6%) go n-úsáideann siad í le cairde, ar na meáin shóisialta (69.1%) agus lena gcuid páistí (41.6%) nó lena dtuismitheoirí (44.3%). Dúirt Janet, ‘Níl amhras ar bith ann ach go gcuireann an Ghaeilge le beocht na cathrach seo agus go dtugann an fhírinne seo deiseanna do Chomhairle Bhéal Feirste agus dreamanna eile nach í, le cur le forbairt tionscnamh, beartas, agus dea-chleachtas a dtacaíonn réimse iomlán de sheirbhísí agus do sholáthar don phobal ar fad, pobal na Gaeilge san áireamh.’ Gheobhaidh tú an tuairisc ar an nasc thíos: 2018 Breisoideachas, Ardoideachas, Traeáil agus Fostaíocht Eis 1