Returning to a Brand New School, Deputy Principal Evelyn Canty, Principal Gerard O'Sullivan and Deputy Principal James O'Shaughnessy pictured at the new multi-million euro Coláiste Chiaráin school campus, which opened its doors for the first time today in Croom, County Limerick.

Leaving Certificate Students Return to School at New Multi-Million Euro School Campus in Croom

With the phased return to schools which got underway on Monday 1st March as part of the Government’s ‘Covid-19 Resilience & Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead’, Leaving Certificate students at Coláiste Chiaráin in Croom, County Limerick, have returned to a very different environment – a brand new, state-of-the-art school building. The group of over 100…

Minister Niall Collins TD - Minister of State for Skills and Further Education, Elaina Fitzgerald Kane - IHF President, Ivan Touhy - Programme Lead Co-ordinator, Bernadette Enright - Centre Manager, Paul Patton - Director of FET and George O'Callaghan - Chief Executive, pictured at the commencement of the new Skills to Advance leadership programme for the Hospitality and Tourism sector.

ETB Hospitality Campus First to Roll Out New National Leadership Training Initiative in Hospitality and Tourism

A new leadership programme that will provide highly-subsidised targeted training for the hospitality and tourism industry in the Mid-West region has today been welcomed by the Minister of State with responsibility for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins TD. Developing Leaders for Hospitality and Tourism, funded through the Government’s Skills to Advance initiative, is the…

Pictured: Julie O’Connor, Head Teacher; with Shelagh Graham, Director of Organisation Support and Development, George O'Callaghan, Chief Executive, and Donncha Ó Treasaigh, Director of Schools, from the school patron Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; and members of the local working group from Glenroe/Ballyorgan Community Council

Department Approval Granted for Main Building Refurbishment at Glenroe School

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board has announced that approval has been granted by the Department of Education to refurbish the main school building at Glenroe. Works will commence shortly and the pupils and community can look forward to having a state-of-the-art facility when the school reopens after the summer. Glenroe, a satellite classroom…

New Hospitality and Tourism Leadership Programme Sees Major Uptake in the Shannon Region

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s College of Further Education and Training, Hospitality Campus, has today launched a new leadership programme, Developing Leaders for Hospitality and Tourism, funded through the Skills to Advance initiative and aimed at providing targeted training for the hospitality industry at this challenging time. Skills to Advance is a national…

Strong ETB Schools Participation at BTYSTE 21

The 57th BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition was held online from Wednesday 6th to Friday 8th January 2021 and was officially opened by President Michael D. Higgins. The Taoiseach, Micheál Martin TD, also delivered a virtual good luck message to all participants on Tuesday 5th January. Over 1,000 students from across 200 schools in…

First Ever School-Wide Webinar Event

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Schools Division organised a webinar for staff of all schools on the 1st of December 2020 with Dr Zachary Walker, an internationally renowned expert in individual and organisational learning performance. Teachers, SNAs and PMEs/Teachers on Co-op and school leaders greatly enjoyed the webinar, which also featured a panel…

Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh TY students, Aisling Cooney and Ciara De Klein, with HETC Chef, Kieran O’Shaughnessy

Apprenticeship-Taster Inspires Next Generation of Culinary Stars

A new apprenticeship ‘taster’ scheme for transition years with an interest in the hospitality industry as a career is proving highly popular with students in the region. The initiative, run by the Hospitality Education and Training Centre in Limerick, is aligned with a new national strategy to integrate ‘taster’ vocational courses into second-level education. The…

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