Children finishing 6th class in the Shannonside region don't have the option to go to a local Gaelscoil for their second level education. Department of Education figures released to TD Barry Ward - and seen by the Irish Examiner - show Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford are among 10 counties that don't offer a secondary school through Irish.
Elsewhere in the country the numbers also show a big drop off in pupils going from primary schools taught through Irish to second level Gaelscoileanna. Roscommon Councillor Ruth Conboy says she would be in favour people having a choice to go to a Gaelscoil at second level:
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