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24/10/2017
Funding Approved For GAA's Football, Hurling and Handball Training Course
Funding has been approved the GAA's Comhairle Chonnacht to enable them to run a Football, Hurling and Handball Training Course for the 2017/2018 school year.
Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, Joe McHugh, has sanctioned a grant of up to €110,330.
Minister McHugh said that he is pleased that his Department is in a position to provide Comhairle Chonnacht with this assistance to make language acquisition and enrichment opportunities available through sports programmes in certain primary and post-primary schools in the Connacht Gaeltacht.
He said: "As a result of the valuable work of Comhairle Chonnacht under this scheme over the past number of years, young people in the Gaeltacht have been given the opportunity to use and enrich their Irish in a fun sports environment."
This funding is being provided under the 20-year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030.
(MH)
Government Chief Whip and Minister of State for the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands, Joe McHugh, has sanctioned a grant of up to €110,330.
Minister McHugh said that he is pleased that his Department is in a position to provide Comhairle Chonnacht with this assistance to make language acquisition and enrichment opportunities available through sports programmes in certain primary and post-primary schools in the Connacht Gaeltacht.
He said: "As a result of the valuable work of Comhairle Chonnacht under this scheme over the past number of years, young people in the Gaeltacht have been given the opportunity to use and enrich their Irish in a fun sports environment."
This funding is being provided under the 20-year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030.
(MH)
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