A majority of people think Irish should be optional in Ireland's schools

A new poll shows more than half believe the compulsory requirement should be dropped.

THERE’S SUPPORT FOR changing the compulsory requirement for learning the Irish language in Ireland’s schools.

According to a poll carried out by Amárach Research for Claire Byrne Live last night, just over half of people believe it should be optional.

Here’s how the results break down:

Q: Should learning Irish be optional in schools?

53% – Yes
42% – No
5% – Don’t know

People were also asked whether they would be prepared to pay more tax in order to fund State-owned social housing.

Here’s how those results broke down:

17% Yes
74% No
9% Don’t know

The poll questions were asked yesterday. The research panel has 1,000 members, all aged over 18.

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