Monaghan resident and Donegal teacher Suzzanne Early raised a number of concerns in the teaching sector after attending the TUI Conference in Cork this week. Living outside Emyvale, Suzzanne is teaching in Dean's College in Raphoe and is commuting 15 hours a week to her job.
She has been teaching in Donegal for the last 15 years and is loosing out on valuable family time because of the commute. She has applied for redeployment but has been asked to retrain. To retrain, she needs to work in a Co Monaghan school, but nothing has become available to her.
Additional pressures in her profession are also adding to her stress levels which she says have been brought about by Education Minister, Norma Foley because of the lack of any consultation with those working on the ground.
Speaking to the Wider View, Suzzanne began by highlighting her 15 years working in Donegal.
