My daughter is studying the BA in arts at University of Limerick (her joint honours subjects are Irish and history ) and wants to teach. She’s unsure what’s the best route to qualify as a teacher. In relation to your question relating to the best route to qualify as a teacher, the two-year Professional Master’s of Education (PME) has replaced the old one-year Higher Diploma in Education (H Dip). Hibernia College, a private provider, offers the PME and its standards are universally recognised as being of the highest order. UL also offers two undergraduate degree programmes which have concurrent teacher education (in other words, initial teacher education in included as part of the degree).

Source: The Irish Times February 05, 2019 00:00 UTC