Limerick City and County Council, the Universities, Cultural Institutions, schools of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and local businesses are creating a European Expo 2020 starting in Limerick. The European Expo 2020 is a unique exploration of the importance of the European Union to its citizens. Over the course of 2020, it will…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and Lifeways Ireland today announced that two of County Clare’s most successful national schools, which teach using the Steiner pedagogy, are to transfer from their current patron Lifeways Ireland to the patronage of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board on 1st September 2019. The schools to be…
The President of GMIT, Dr Michael Hannon, and the Chief Executive of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, George O’Callaghan, today (10 June) formed a new partnership aimed at enhancing access and new opportunities to higher and further education provision in the West and Mid-West region. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was formally signed…
The talented learners from the Mid-Clare region Youthreach provision at our Clonroad Campus in Ennis have created this excellent entry for the X-HALE 2019 Short Film Competition. Organised by the Irish Cancer Society, this year’s competition sees an all-time record number of entries. Our learners’ film is one of 55 entries from all over the…
It was a pleasure to present at the Healthnic: Healthy and ethnic diet for inclusion 5th Partner meeting in Tralee. I was the coordinator for the very successful Irish workshop which was held in Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Newcastle West Campus. The Irish workshop was facilitated by Dr. Kristin Brogan and Valerie…
Teacher Taster Programme Ten prospective teachers from the Transition Year class visited the University of Limerick to experience a teacher taster workshop. The Desmond College Students were instructed by UL undergraduate students and learnt new skills and experienced microteaching sessions. It was a wonderful opportunity organised by the three 3rd level institutions in Limerick, University…
Coláiste Chiaráin have returned after Easter with a bang! Students were successful in many competitions covering areas such as Home Economics, STEM and Economics. To begin, transition year students are delighted with their success at the National Vex Robotics competition. Students Ally Davis, Hannah Lucey, Rubab Kabir, Hassaan Shah, Liam Murphy, Caragh Ruddle, Erin Moore…
Active School Week took place in Desmond from the 29th April to 03rd May. The week of activities was organised by the fantastic PE Department, which consists of Ms Ryan, Ms Creed and Ms Quaid. It was a hectic week, jam-packed with a range of exciting activities for both students and staff. Some of the…
A team of 41 apprentices and staff of the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board Further Education and Training Centre, Shannon Campus, were announced joint winners of the 2019 Generation Apprenticeship Competition on Thursday 11th April. The event organised by SOLAS, the national further education and training authority, took place in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel…
Visitors experienced the large variety of course options on offer through taster sessions at Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training Centre Open Day in Abbeyfeale on Tuesday 9th April. The public met learners and tutors at the centre and got to sample course areas like woodturning, engineering skills, horticulture, cookery,…