A significant investment to support the establishment of a new Film and Digital Media Centre of Excellence in Limerick was announced by Minister Simon Harris TD and Minister Niall Collins TD in September.
The school at Glenroe reached another significant milestone recently, hosting its first ever Open Day on Saturday 11th June. This gave past, current and prospective pupils the opportunity to view the newly refurbished state-of-the-art building.
Students and staff at ETB schools and College of FET campuses in County Clare were inspired to look to the future by Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD on his recent visit to the area.
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, and Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins TD, recently announced major investments in skills training for the Mid-West region.

Winner Grainne Scullane of St Annes Community College, Killaloe, Clare pictured with her mentor Chef Diarmuid O Callaghan after winning the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Boards, Shannon Region Junior Chef of the Year 2022.
The Shannon Region Junior Chef of the Year 2022 took place on Tuesday 17th of May at the Limerick Strand Hotel. This was the second year of the competition and it was back bigger and better than ever as an in-person event for the first time.
Learners and students from the ETB’s College of FET, Cappamore Campus, and Coláiste Iósaef Community College recently got to show off their blacksmithing and sporting skills for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD.
The launch of ‘Creating Connections’, an exhibition by two emerging female artists, Aoife Carroll and Aksana Sasnouskaya, took place at the Belltable Arts Centre on O’Connell Street. Guests from the arts community in Limerick and family and friends of the talented artists, gathered to help celebrate the exhibition’s opening night.

Pictured at the recent Salon Culinaire at IFEX at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast were: Head Mentor and Chef Will King; College of Further Education and Training, Hospitality Campus learners: Louise Casey, Olga Lezdina, Megan Watkins, Kate Neilon, Alicja Porowinska, Artjoms Ivanovs; Chef Instructor, Kieran Shaughnessy and Bernadette Enright, Manager, College of FET Hospitality Campus.
Learners and apprentices from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s College of Further Education and Training, Hospitality Campus were delighted recently as they took home multiple awards at this year’s Salon Culinaire at IFEX, at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast.