Becoming so disillusioned with job situation in Ireland

[Thereisroomontheraft]

I'll start by saying I know I'm lucky in comparison to many at the moment as I actually have a job which is relatively well paid but freelance so not at all stable. I have a degree, pgce/hdip and another post-grad in education. I also have a sna qualification , this is an area I would absolutely love to work in as I have lots of personal experience in this area. I worked abroad for years after I qualified as a teacher (my subject music so it's not easy to get work in this subject I ireland), I also worked in schools for children with sn. We had to move home for various reasons but I knew career wise that I was better off where I was.. Anyway we have spent years rearing young dcs, renovating a old house so my freelance work has been really great. However I would love something more stable and more than that something I am very interested in doing.
I can't even get an interview l
In fact I've never had a single interview in Ireland for anything education related, I'm registered with the teaching Council, I'm on the VEC panel and I've signed up to text a sub, I've applied for numerous sna roles, I've volunteered, been on pta and absolutely nothing.
I have just found out that a relation of one of the teachers in the school has gotten a job of sna in a class in our school... Yes, it could be a coincidence etc but she doesn't have anything like the experience I have, this is for a student with asd and I worked in a specialist asd school abroad also, I've given my cv etc into the school and said in available for subbing.
I actually feel very low about it tbh, I've never even used my hdip here and I know that lack of experience here goes against me but I also can't get any experience! It was so easy in other countries, like I keep hearing oh teaching is such a great job now. Not for me.. I'm 36 and thinking of totally retraining but I'm so time-constrained as I work a lot and have no family support and busy with various school finishing times (my dcs are still young), we have spoken about moving abroad again but love where we live and dcs love it too. This was actually the reason we left, I just don't get it tbh...

That's awful op.
I work in a similar field to what you want to access. I think you need to ring around local schools and talk to the principal directly and sub. You are extremely well qualified and experienced. It's sad to hear (but so often I do) that jobs are given to 'who you know'

I agree with nugget nugget. Call in to local schools in person (although in current times, that may be slightly difficult) and try to speak to the principals. Emphasise how close you live and that you can be there at short notice. Most schools will have a small pool of subs and subbing will definitely give you a leg up towards getting something more permanent. Although, the one thing that jumps out from your post is that you seem overqualified for SNA work.