A married couple of secondary school teachers say they had no option but to move from Dublin to Cork due to the cost of housing in the capital.
There has been a teacher shortage in all of Ireland but Dublin schools have reportedly been hit the hardest. A survey published last week by the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland reveals teaching is no longer an attractive profession in this country. There is better remuneration in other careers and the housing crisis is causing teachers to emigrate.
The housing crisis was one of the deciding factors that caused secondary school teachers Jennifer and her husband Peter to leave Dublin. Jennifer, who is originally from Cork said: “What really brought it on was the pandemic…when the lockdown happened, we were visiting my family in Kinsale. Then we kind of got to see what life was like outside of Dublin and then we decided to move.
