A Rónáin a chara... an asal tú? Cén caoi gceapfá nach bhfuil aon duine t'réis focal gaeilge labhairt i mbaile átha cliath ar feadh na céadta bliain. Labhraim gaeilge lem' chomhdaltaí sa chonradh ar hardcore street sa chathair ... taobh amuigh den scoil! [pause for screams of horror]. An mbeinn ceart tú a chuir i ngrúpa le na caora eile a deir "Oyrish, dats a f**kin dead lang-widge"..bheinn. Does that scare you Rónán, my little seal, crazy teenagers running around at night with their savage dead language?

Maith an fear a Dhiarmuid. Níl aon amhras ach go bhfuil go leor ann nach bhfaighfeadh an deis, nó nach mbeadh in ann, comhrá a bheith acu i nGaeilge murach an éigeantas. Níl an córas scoilíochta foirfe ach nár cheart é a leasú seachas é a dhíbirt ón gcuraclam

Sea níl aon chaint ar Mhata a bhaint ón gcuraclam cé go mbíonn tuairisc gach bliain ag rá nach bhfuil bunscileanna suimiú srl ag daltaí na hÉireann. Cé fáth nach bhfuil Frankie Feighen, Inda Kinny agus a gcairde ag moladh go mbeadh rogha ag daltaí cé acu an bhfuil siad ag iarraidh maths a dhéanamh i ndiaidh an teastas sóisirigh?

Go deimhin tá alt san Indo inniu faoi. "Results spark new fear over standard of maths." Dá mba rud é gur "Results spark new fear over standard of Irish" a bhí ann bheadh ráiteas ó Fhine Gael ag rá go bhfuil sé in am athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar éigeantas na GAeilge!!!!!!

john - Believe me, people from the gaeltacht do not speak Irish to each other once they have emigrated out of Ireland.

Diarmuid Ó Raghallaigh - I was talking about normal people, not eccentric dickheads like you

But Ronan what would you do with Maths? It's currently obligatory but continual results (including this year's junior cert) show that there are poor standards. Should that too be thrown of curriculum after junior cert or should it be reformed and made more relevant?

Rónán you say "john - Believe me, people from the gaeltacht do not speak Irish to each other once they have emigrated out of Ireland."

Believe me - Rónán, yes we do.

John, who are you kidding? People from the gaeltacht do not speak Irish to each other when at home

evidence, troll?

Go into any shop or schoolyard in the Gaeltacht if you don't believe me. I was in Conemara myself during the summer while my kids were at the Gaeltacht in Inverin