Statement from Chief Executive George O’Callaghan Dia dhíobh. Is tréimhse deacair an t-am atá ann anois. In line with Government and HSE advice regarding COVID-19, our Head Office, Schools, Further Education and Training Centres and Colleges are closed. However, our business continuity planning ensures that we are providing services to our communities in Limerick and…

On Friday 31st January, final year learners from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Youthreach provision in County Clare and Clare Youth Service took part in a careers information and support seminar entitled ‘Moving On’ in the Temple Gate Hotel, Ennis. This half-day seminar has been taking place annually since 2014 and aims to…

Four locally-based producers have been selected to join the Film in Limerick/Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board delegation to the European Film Market at the Berlin International Film Festival later this month. Taking place on February 20-27, EFM (European Film Market) is the business centre of the Berlin Film Festival and one of the…

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is delighted that several of its schools achieved outstanding awards and positive acknowledgements in the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition at the RDS, Dublin, 8-11 January 2020. A total of fifteen (15) projects, from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board schools, qualified for the BT Young…

The BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition took place at the RDS, Dublin, 8-11 January 2020. A total of 14 projects from Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board post-primary schools qualified, with seven of our schools represented. Director of Schools, Donncha Ó Treasaigh congratulated all of the students, teachers and schools who were successful…

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Dr Katherine Zappone T.D., launched a new targeted youth funding scheme entitled, UBU – Your Place Your Space, which provides over €38.5 million for youth services. UBU – Your Place, Your Space brings together four already existing, overlapping schemes with a value of over €38.5 million. The scheme…

Thomond Community College was crowned winner of the BD STEM Stars Competition and awarded €10,000 in STEM funding at a presentation in BD’s Research Centre Ireland (RCI) on Friday, 6 December 2019. The global medical technology company, based in Limerick’s National Technology Park in Castletroy, awarded over €24,000 in STEM funding prizes to seven secondary…