Séamas Mac Eochaidh is Education Manager with Gael Linn. Séamas leads the organisation’s work in educational policy and manages Scoil Spreagtha, the largest initiative for the teaching of a second language at the primary level in NI. He is passionate about improving educational opportunities for all pupils through evidence-informed policy, stakeholder engagement, and educational innovation. Séamas believes that both education and language have a central role to play in creating a more reconciled society. Formerly an Irish-medium primary teacher, he has also published multiple books promoting independent reading through the medium of Irish.