He’s one of the most recognisable faces on TV but Eoghan McDermott has admitted if his career in media didn’t work out, he would of been a teacher.
The TV star has revealed when he was in school he contemplated a very different career to broadcasting and thought about a life in teaching or even  as a guard.
“I probably would’ve been a teacher or a garda. That’s what I wanted to do.
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“My mum and dad were both teachers and my dad recommendation a lot of text for the Leaving Cert English syllabus, so it has always been a exam and education-aware household.
“There’s also a lot of guards in my family,” he said.
Although the 31-year-old is happy in his current career he did admit teaching is still his back-up.
“I’m delighted it’s digressed other ways though, but it’s still the fall-back.
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“If everything goes pear shaped in a couple of years, I might go back to teaching,” he added.
Talking at the launch of Eircom’s #StudyHacks campaign, Eoghan, who studied Politics and Irish in UCD, revealed he taught for a short time after he moved back from the states.
“I actually taught for a couple of months in my old secondary school when I came back from New York.
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“I was broke, but I had an Irish degree so I covered maternity leave for a couple of weeks.
“It was tough going – I was only 24 at that stage so teaching 17 and 18 year-old was pretty difficult,” he told the Herald.
Speaking frankly about his final year exams, the 2FM presenter said he over-estimated his preparation.
“I thought I was more prepared than I was. I over-estimated my own intelligence and preparation but it went fine,” he added.
