Commentary from the Sunday Tiimes: Abandon Irish as an official language and watch it flourish.

For the past 80 years Ireland has compelled students to study Irish, yet the decline in its use continues. Should the Republic abandon the policy or focus on those who truly want to learn the language and keep it alive? We met more than a handful of people at Oideas Gael who were only there working on their Irish because their jobs required it, and few were happy about it.