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Poll: Would you learn a second language in preparation for Brexit?

Richard Bruton has warned that Ireland needs to be prepared for the challenges ahead once the UK leaves the EU.

ONCE THE UK leaves the European Union, Ireland will be one of two English-speaking countries still in the EU.

Minister for Education Richard Bruton has said that, in the context of Brexit, he wants Ireland to be prepared for the challenges ahead.

The government has said it is committed to doubling the number of foreign language assistants available to post-primary schools by 2026 under its Foreign Languages Strategy.

Bruton today announced a 25% increase in foreign language assistants, bringing the total number available to schools from this September to 140.

So we’re asking: Would you learn a second language in preparation for Brexit?


Poll Results:

No (4326)
Yes (2536)
I already speak a second language fluently (1743)
No interest/ No opinion (559)

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    Mute Peter Gavin
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    May 9th 2013, 11:13 AM

    #over_reaction

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    Mute Fergal Barry
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    May 9th 2013, 11:36 AM

    @ Patrick, from what iv seen on this site, the majority of ppl on here do not have a problem with the British, myself included (English wife). They do have a problem with trolls and attention seeking fools, regardless of race, colour or creed.. So jog on!

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    Mute Otis B Driftwood
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    May 9th 2013, 11:47 AM

    In other words lets clamp down, censor & spy on people using social media sites..
    Wonder when TheJournal is going to do a piece on the damning revelations at the Benghazi whistle-blower hearing held yesterday?

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    Mute Slow Harry
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    May 9th 2013, 12:38 PM

    @ Otis don’ yon know you can’t criticise Obama or his administration in Ireland

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    Mute Bramley Hawthorne
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    May 9th 2013, 12:56 PM

    To the Israeli government anyone speaking out for the Palestinians is a terrorist.
    To the Syrian government anyone speaking out for the rebels is a terrorist.
    To the Bahraini government anyone looking for a vote is a terrorist.
    To the Saudi government anyone who thinks women should drive is a terrorist.
    To the US government anyone opposing the Guantanamo torture camp is a terrorist.
    Ditto for Chechans, Kurds, Tamils and many, many more.
    And now this post will probably have me in some data-base as a terrorist.

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    Mute Martin Morad
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    May 9th 2013, 4:28 PM

    More than twenty millions Kurds in Kurdistan Turkey are called Terrorist because they are fighting against Turkish Terrorist Regime!!?

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    Mute Damocles
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    May 9th 2013, 12:34 PM

    I wonder how many #hate comments are actually #sarcasm comments.

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    Mute Liam
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    May 9th 2013, 12:02 PM

    “The proliferation of terrorism tutorials, and the abuse of social media and online forums by extremists, portend that future ‘lone wolf’ attacks here and abroad are inevitable.” Are they really inevitable? To make such a claim is to back it up with proof, and The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has not done that. People will commit acts of violence and terrorism regardless of what they can and cannot do on the internet.

    And when it comes to “digital hate”, this is a childish reaction to the situation, yes there are people who are idiots on the internet (they are everywhere), but just because they post something that some people might find offensive is not a good enough reason to prevent them from expressing their opinion, because at the end of the day what is considered “offensive” is a matter of opinion.

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    Mute Carcu Sidub
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    May 9th 2013, 1:14 PM

    What happened at Easter 1916 in this country would be called a terrorist act today.

    So were the members of the 1916 Rising terrorists?

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    Mute Tom Quinn
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    May 9th 2013, 1:26 PM

    Terrorists only become “freedom fighters” if they win and write the books…………….then they become politicians and terrorize the public from that office with their polices for generations…………

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    Mute Carcu Sidub
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    May 9th 2013, 2:19 PM

    Tom

    I agree Dev’s constitution & his hold on power in Ireland after 1922, was and still is a problem for this country.

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    Mute Martin Morad
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    May 9th 2013, 4:23 PM

    Terrorist exist every where within every nation but in different way!

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    May 9th 2013, 11:53 AM

    #LOL

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    Mute Leon Taylor
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    May 9th 2013, 11:57 AM

    My god this is no laughing matter this needs to be stamped out NOW.

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    Mute Eoin Byrne
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    May 9th 2013, 1:55 PM

    Anyone else find it ironic that Nazi hunters are engaging in censorship?

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    Mute Joseph Wearen
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    May 9th 2013, 2:13 PM

    Abolish email, social media, mobile phones etc. Re-introduce carrier pigeons and smoke signals. Problem sorted. Simples.

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    Mute Mike Clinton
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    May 9th 2013, 11:40 AM

    @ Hugo.
    Totally agree with you about the blatent trolls that post only to antagonise and insult.
    There are a few right keyboard warriors that would be rightly at home under a sewer pipe and one or two I would love to meet face to face.
    People just don’t post because of these morons but it seems that trolling and bullying behind false accounts is acceptable.

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    May 9th 2013, 5:14 PM

    Has the Simon Wiesenthal Centre anything to do with the guy who got burned in the Falklands war

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    Mute candy
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    May 9th 2013, 4:00 PM

    No censorship!!!

    or you will become like communist and this is the biggest terrorist in the world.

    people have brain and can be responsible for what they read and how they act.

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    May 9th 2013, 2:21 PM

    I’m only after setting up twitter who’s good to follow on it??

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