Teachers Inspire Ireland

Teachers Inspire 2022 is now open for nominations at https://www.teachersinspire.ie/shareyourstory Inclusion in education is a recurring theme in the nominations to Teachers Inspire. In this week’s episode, Louise catches up with Sinead O’Mahony, who was one of the four awardees in 2019, the inaugural year of Teachers Inspire. She was nominated by Rachel Broderick whose son Daniel, now aged 11, wa...

“I come from a family of teachers.” Acclaimed author Louise O’Neill returns as curator of Teachers Inspire and the host of the Teachers Inspire podcast of 2022.   Teachers Inspire wants to celebrate the life-changing influence that so many teachers have had so it seemed appropriate to open the podcast of 2022 by chatting to the teacher who had that influence on Louise. So, for the first time publi...

The Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is organised and run by Dublin City University. Teachers Inspire is an Ireland-wide initiative that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise the transformative role they play in our lives and in our communities.    Our curator is the author Louise O’Neill has been going through the uplifting submissions over the last few months and we are delighted to sa...

This Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is brought to you by DCU. Over the last month our curator Louise O’Neill has been sharing a selection of your story submissions celebrating those inspiring teachers that made a positive impact on your lives. Today we will first hear from RTE’s Rachel English talk about her most inspiring teacher. Then Louise will share read three more submissions from this...

Louise O’Neill chats on the podcast today about Adele who picked her English teacher this week as the most inspirational person on her Audience with Adele show. Emma Thompson asked Adele who her childhood inspiration was growing up and she said it was her Year 8 English teacher, Miss McDonald: “She was so cool. She got me really interested in literature. We knew she cared about us.” Louise also sh...

This Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is brought to you by DCU. Over the last month we have been receiving lots of uplifting story submissions from you celebrating those inspiring teachers that made a positive impact on your lives. Our curator the best selling author Louise O’Neill shares more inspirational stories. I’d ask that you follow or subscribe to the podcast on your favourite platform...

This Teachers Inspire Ireland initiative is brought to you by DCU. Over the last month we have been receiving lots of uplifting story submissions from you celebrating those inspiring teachers that made a positive impact on your lives. We have a special episode today with the debut author Louise Nealon telling us about her inspiring teacher. Louise Nealon released her debut novel Snowflake this yea...

Teachers Inspire Ireland is an initiative brought to you by DCU that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise those teachers that made a difference for the better in your life. To give you an example of the types of stories we are looking for we hear today from former Irish rugby player and entrepreneur Jamie Heaslip about his most inspiring teacher. Our curator the author Louise O’Neill also...

Teachers Inspire Ireland is an initiative brought to you by DCU that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise those teachers that made a difference for the better in your life. To give you an example of the types of stories we are looking for we hear today from Andrea Corr and Eithne Shorthall about their inspiring teachers. Our curator the author Louise O’Neill also reads a selection of your...

Our curator the author Louise O’Neill reads a selection of submissions from this year. We also hear from the GAA referee and primary school teacher David Gough about his inspirational teacher and finally we hear from Caitriona Ni Cassaithe who nominated the shortlisted teacher Nora Duffy in 2019.   Over the next few weeks Louise looks forward to reading your submissions and sharing your inspiring...

The Teachers Inspire Ireland Podcast is curated by the acclaimed Irish author Louise O’Neill. In this episode Louise reads an inspiring 2019 shortlisted story about Limerick based teacher Sinead O'Mahony who teaches at the Mid-West School for the Deaf in Limerick. We hope this will inspire you to send in your submissions about that teacher that had a positive impact on your life. Over the next few...

The Teachers Inspire Ireland Podcast is hosted by the acclaimed Irish author Louise O’Neill who has written many bestselling and award-winning books including Asking for it and After the Silence.  Over the next few weeks Louise looks forward to reading your submissions and sharing your inspiring stories every Thursday. Teachers Inspire is an Ireland-wide initiative brought to you by DCU that seeks...

We are delighted to announce that acclaimed Irish author Louise O’Neill will host the new Teachers Inspire Ireland Podcast every Thursday from the 7th of October until December. So what is the Teachers Inspire Initiative?  Teachers Inspire is an Ireland-wide initiative brought to you by DCU that seeks to celebrate teachers and to recognise the transformative role they play in our lives and in our...