Why is there still such a lack of male teachers in the classroom?
b"Female teachers outnumber male teachers almost 3 to 1 in the Irish classroom.\\xa0That\\u2019s according to figures obtained by Newstalk Breakfast from the Teaching Council of Ireland.\\xa0\\nWhy is there still such a lack of male educators and how can we attract more men into the profession?\\xa0\\xa0Ray Silke Former Galway Footballer and Secondary school teacher at Col\\xe1iste Iogn\\xe1id spoke to Newstalk Breakfast.\\nListen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast\\xa0on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.\\n\\xa0\\xa0\\xa0\\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\\n\\xa0\\xa0 \\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'."