National Adult Literacy Agency

One in six Irish adults find it difficult to read leaflets, timetables and medicine instructions

Awards programme has five new categories, including one for the public

The event celebrates firms which use simple language when dealing with the public

‘A person may have difficulty identifying the correct amount of medicine to take from the information on the package’

Start-up matches small business with investors looking to back community projects

Fetchcourses.ie tells you everything you need to know about hundreds of courses

Nearly one in six aged 16-65 may be unable to read basic text, CSO study suggests

Irish Council for Civil Liberties’s document provides resources to ‘empower’ older people

Conference on clearer language hears communication often a matter of life and death

What courses are on offer? Are there any financial and childcare supports? Our guide has all the answers

Many adults want to learn simply for the sake of learning and the pleasure and life-enhancement it offers

There are many ways to access adult education and training opportunities

With options to suit every lifestyle and aspiration, choosing is the trickiest bit

We need to help adults who have benefited least from educational opportunity to keep learning

OECD study across 24-countries involved 6,000 people between the ages of 16 and 65 in Ireland

A programme on literacy, The Family Project, and a series about amateur dramatics, Simply Am-Dram, proved surprisingly engaging