George O’Callaghan, Chief Executive, with apprentices, staff and visitors pictured last month at the Shannon Campus for the unveiling of the Generation Apprenticeship entry and marking 50 years of world class training at the centre.

FET Centre Shannon Campus Wins 2019 Generation Apprenticeship Competition

A team of 41 apprentices and staff of the Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board Further Education and Training Centre, Shannon Campus, were announced joint winners of the 2019 Generation Apprenticeship Competition on Thursday 11th April. The event organised by SOLAS, the national further education and training authority, took place in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel…

Mary Brouder, Eimear Brophy and Síle O’Riordan pictured in the new woodturning room at the FET Centre, Abbeyfeale Campus

FET Centre Abbeyfeale Campus Open Day Provides Limerick West Course Taster

Visitors experienced the large variety of course options on offer through taster sessions at Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board’s Further Education and Training Centre Open Day in Abbeyfeale on Tuesday 9th April. The public met learners and tutors at the centre and got to sample course areas like woodturning, engineering skills, horticulture, cookery,…

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Drop Evertyhing and Read Desmond College teachers and students participated in Drop Everything and Read. Literacy Week Desmond College Literacy Week was a huge success at Desmond College this week with over 8 million combined words read for the Word Millionaire. A school wide Drop Everything and Read National initiative saw all teachers and students…

Desmond College Literacy Week

Desmond College Literacy Week 2019 April 8th -12th   Desmond College Literacy Week takes place from 8th-12th April 2019. There are a range of activities organised for our students throughout the week to promote Literacy.

Desmond College National Safety Challenge

Meet the National Safety Challenge Finalists This week, James Taylor speaks to second two of our four Second Level National Finalists in the ESB Networks National Safety Challenge. The ESB Networks National Safety Challenge is proudly supported by Safe Family Farms, a joint initiative between ESB Networks and The Irish Farmers Journal, to raise awareness…

Pictured from left: Mary Flanagan, Adult Literacy Organiser, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; Andrew Brownlee, Executive Director of Strategy and Knowledge, SOLAS; Dr Inez Bailey, Chief Executive Officer, NALA; George O’Callaghan, Chief Executive, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; Triona Lynch, Further Education and Training Manager, Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board and Siobhan McEntee, Active Inclusion Manager, ETBI. Pic. Brian Arthur

International Conference on Family Learning in Ennis Focuses on Putting Parents in the Picture

A two-day international conference looking at how stakeholders can support families and make a difference to parents’ lives took place in Ennis last week. The Family Learning Conference, organised by the Further Education and Training Division of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board, was staged in the Temple Gate Hotel on Thursday 28th and…

Screen Success for LCFE Evening Provision with Prop Training Course

The first ever prop training course undertaken in the Republic of Ireland was recently successfully delivered in Limerick in association with our largest Further Education and Training Centre, Limerick College of Further Education, along with Screen Skills Ireland and Troy Studios, with thanks also to Screen Guilds of Ireland. The course titled ‘Introduction to Props…

Colaiste Chiarain students impress at the Vex Robotics competition

Coláiste Chiaráin transition students are delighted with their success at the Limerick Regional Vex Robotics competition. Students Ally Davis, Hannah Lucey, Rubab Kabir, Hassaan Shah, Liam Murphy, Caragh Ruddle, Erin Moore and Magda Nae, along with teachers Mr Conor Power and Mr Padraig McGarry participated and won two awards at the competition on Wednesday 27th…