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…

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Schools Division has marked the exciting launch of Ireland’s Google Educator Group website – www.geg.ie. The website was launched by Google for Education Ireland on Tuesday 16th at a webinar for educators throughout Ireland looking at Blended Learning for the new academic year. This is the first approved…

Staff and volunteer trainees at Limerick’s Hospitality Education and Training Centre are stepping up to ‘Feed the Frontline’ this Easter and in the weeks ahead, as part of the centre’s efforts to support healthcare workers in the fight against the coronavirus. The centre, managed by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, launched a new…

Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board established one of three, national Local Creative Youth Partnerships (LCYPs) in 2019, under the auspices of Creative Ireland’s Creative Youth initiative. Guided by the voice of the child and young person, the LCYP works in partnership with state and voluntary agencies to deliver creative programmes for young people,…

Innovate Limerick through Film in Limerick and Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board have announced details of a partnership that will deliver new training initiatives and events to help develop the local film sector in the Mid-West and prepare aspiring and emerging filmmakers for employment in the screen industries. Building on the success of…

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…