Learning a harsh economic lesson [Independent.ie]
- Published: 09 March 2011
TEACHER Ellie Ni Mhurchu fears her prospects for a career in Ireland vanished when a circular from the Department of Education landed at her school last week.
The 26-year-old from Monkstown, Dublin, has been working at St Anne's national school in Shankill, Co Dublin, for two years.
She is one of five teachers at St Anne's -- on a fixed-term basis -- who don't know if their contracts will be renewed in September. Teachers being redeployed from elsewhere have first call on their positions so their hopes of a permanent job are even more uncertain.
Ms Ni Mhurchu said that when she did a post-graduate course in primary teaching, she "could not foresee anything like this".
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