Teaching in Ireland

[Thecaravan]

Hi everyone,
My husband is Irish (from NI) and I am English. We are both primary school teachers teaching abroad and are looking at moving to Ireland. I am a bit worried about getting jobs and figure our best bet is probably nearer a city. Would that be more logical? Neither of us have Irish so that is also something we would have to learn but I understand we have 3 years to get that. I'm feeling really anxious about us moving and not being able to get permanent jobs as my husband seems to think we're going to walk into a massive house in the country and full time jobs . England at the moment is not a place I want to be bringing my kids up but I am stressed about the prospect of moving. We earn really good money where we live now and I'm worried about not having a regular income. We have a 2 year old and 1 year old too so would need full time childcare. Can anyone give me a realistic picture of what the chances are of securing permanent teaching posts in primary? Husband is saying ROI rather than NI as no jobs in NI apparently.

What if u moved close to border? Sub in NI until u have ur Irish and then get ur foot in door in south.

As pp said, Irish language will be an issue, both learning it and passing the competency exam. Also, look at the pay scales: new entrants to the Irish system have significantly lower pay than long-term teachers. I’m post-primary but on the board of a primary and in both sectors jobs can be quite difficult to get in a chosen location: you’d have to be prepared to commute/ move to an urban area.
Facebook group Voice for Teachers gives a very realistic/ bleak view of teaching in Ireland currently.
It’s true we’re not as micro-managed as UK but there’s still a huge emphasis on paperwork etc

Anyone hear the assistant head on liveline last week bemoaning the fact that he couldn’t move here and offer us PE instead of Irish? Or that it was like teaching Spanish MFL?? And that he couldn’t possibly be expected to learn the language? It’s a horrible process to register with the teaching council (I’m U.K. trained) but showing willing is at least the minimum that one could do if they expect to teach in our system. It’s not the English National Curriculum with different accents.

Yes Bosco.
I did and was bemused by it.
If you want to come here and teach, them's the rules.
Tough !

I teach in Scotland and from what I see on here it seems to be much less stressful than in England. There are shortages of some subjects but some are very competitive. What do you teach?