This author, director of AONTAS (National Association of Adult Education, Dublin, Ireland), presents this paper in three sections. First, she describes briefly the context in which those people who are involved in adult education are working and some of the changes that have affected the development of the adult education service in the Republic…

Illiteracy in Ireland has complex social, economic, educational, and political causes. Many areas of the country still have inadequate literacy programs, with too great reliance on volunteers. Adult literacy work is often performed in isolation from other adult education activities. (SK)