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
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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Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Local Creative Youth Partnership is delighted to announce Scairt na hÓige, a new youth arts and culture festival taking place in locations around the Shannon Estuary at the end of August. This youth participation festival takes the Shannon waterway as its inspiration and will feature workshops in a…

Pictured from left: Paul Patton, Director of Further Education and Training; Bernadette Enright, Centre Manager; Michael Fitzgerald, and George Wilson, (EFQM Auditor), Senior Executive, Centre for Competitiveness
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board today announced its Hospitality Education and Training Centre, based at Limerick Enterprise Development Park, has become the first centre in the Republic of Ireland to be awarded with a consecutive European Framework for Quality Management (EFQM) Centre of Excellence Award. Operated by the ETB’s Further Education and Training…

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
The communities of Glenroe and Ballyorgan last week had their first opportunity to meet newly-appointed Glenroe School Head Teacher, Julie O’Connor, at the school’s registration evening. The socially-distanced event on Wednesday 24 June at the Community Hall was attended by parents/guardians of prospective new students, officials from the school’s patron Limerick and Clare Education and…

Pictured from left: Marty Mannering, Bicycle Engineering Academy; Eimear Brophy, FET Manager, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; Paul Patton, Director of FET, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; and Joe Leddin, Mid-West Regional Skills Forum
With renewed interest and increased growth in bicycle usage driven in part by the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board in co-operation with the Mid West Regional Skills Forum has just launched Ireland’s first Bicycle Engineering Traineeship. The new traineeship will empower participants with knowledge and skills in foundation engineering, specifically…
Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Julie O’Connor as Head Teacher of Glenroe School, which is scheduled to open this September. The appointment follows confirmation in April by the Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, of the intention to establish Glenroe, as a satellite classroom…