Job Announcements in April

There have been a number of job announcements over the last few weeks from Shire in Meath, the Defences Forces Nationwide, VMWare and Topaz. All of these are captured on the website http://www.merrionstreet.ie/en/allaboutjobs/ and the twitter account of #allaboutjobs. Perhaps this is attributing to rate of unemployment falling. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for March 2016 […]

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ESB announces that applications to prestigious Apprenticeship Programme are now open

ESB have said that the majority of the apprenticeships this year will be electrical with a small number HGV mechanic apprenticeships.   Applications are open online from today, Friday March 18th and will close on Monday April 4th. Based in the ESB Networks Training Centre in Portlaoise, the electrical apprentices will complete four apprentice training levels totalling […]

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CAO Release 2016 Application Information

Adult Guidance Association

News: The Central Applications Office (CAO) released 2016 application information today ,up to the Change of Course Choices closing date of 1st March. A total of 76,081 applications were received by CAO by the 1 February closing date, an increase of 1,657 applicants on the previous year – 307 of these applicants were Advanced Entry […]

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Twenty-five new apprenticeship offerings

Adult Guidance Association

30 July, 2015 – Ministers O’Sullivan and English announce new Apprenticeship proposals  The Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan TD, and the Minister for Skills, Research and Innovation, Damien English TD, today announced 25 new apprenticeship proposals. These proposals will see an expansion of the existing range of programmes offered under the Apprenticeship system, […]

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CAO 2016

Adult Guidance Association

College applicants are flocking to third-level courses linked to the economic recovery, with a big jump in CAO applications to architecture, engineering, construction and business-related courses. A record 76,000 people have applied to the CAO this year, with points increases likely across a range of popular courses. Higher degrees Among higher degree courses, the biggest […]

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