The decision of the Irish government to suddenly close the Integrate Ireland Language & Training School in the Westside Galway City led to a mass protest in Eyre Square by many of its students, including present and past residents of the Eglinton Asylum Seekers Accommodation Centre.
The school has provided a much-needed service to asylum seekers for the last 4 years, providing vital classes for nearly 400 people in speaking, reading and writing in the English language. The majority of these students went on to further post-Leaving Certificate and 3rd level studies.
The Department of Justice has stated though that the state's Vocational Education Committee (VEC) will deliver this service later in the year.
However campaigners, supported by political representatives such as Michael D. Higgins TD & Deputy Mayor Collette Connolly, have demanded that the school should remain operational until such time as the VEC starts providing its own courses which will not commence until the autumn at the earliest
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