Demand for teachers is soaring

Alice O’Driscoll says primary school teaching is not just a job — it's a vocation. She talks to Colette Sheridan

Children love learning new things and are very interested in the world around them, says schoolteacher Alice O’Driscoll. 

Teachers have never been in so much demand in this country. 

In part, this is due to extremely high rent, particularly in Dublin which is often prohibitive for teachers. Cork primary school teacher, AlicO’Driscoll, is currently job-sharing, working week on/week off at Scoil Barra in Ballincollig. She wants to spend more time at home with her two young children as she was away from them a lot when she went back to college to retrain as a teacher.