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In figures released this week (October 14) it was revealed that three in four Westmeath career coaching graduates land a job or start their own business “within weeks of graduation”, said Miriam Magner-Flynn of Career Decisions Ireland, at the recent graduation of Ireland’s first Diploma in Career Coaching.

HUGO HAMILTON, the writer best known for his book The Speckled People, will be the subject of a new documentary to be broadcast on TG4.

First Polymer Training Skillnet is delighted to offer its full range of technical and management training courses (many of them FETAC certified), free to eligible jobseekers. Based in Athlone since 1999, First Polymer Training is a FETAC approved centre, and delivers practical relevant training at their fully equipped facility.

Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) has been delegated the authority to make its own awards up to doctoral level.

To cut the transition year programme from the school curriculum would be to deny secondary school students the opportunity of gaining a truly holistic education which will stay with them throughout their lives.

The Irish Ambulance Training Institute, the award winning national training institute headquartered in Ballybrit, Galway, is offering a wide range of courses over the coming months to those who wish to pursue a career in the healthcare sector.

Castlebar Young Fine Gael will hold its first meeting following the summer break this Saturday. The new committee comprises Darragh Loftus (chairperson), Liam McHale (secretary), Shane Reilly (PRO), Aoibhinn Kenny (treasurer), Jack O’Donnell (vice-chairperson) and Michael Walsh (membership officer for North-West region), are keen to welcome new members between the ages of 15 and 30 to join.

In a recent report by Eurostudent employers again highlighted the need for candidates with foreign language skills. The people of Mayo can now answer this call as national training and education expert, The Learning Curve Institute, brings its FETAC accredited minor awards in French and Spanish for beginners to The Mayo Education Centre, Castlebar, in October.

The Leaving Cert students of Kilkenny are celebrating this week following the delivery of some excellent results throughout the county on Wednesday last.

This week is D-Day for many of our youngsters in Kilkenny who received their leaving cert results on Wednesday last and are now waiting in hope that points for their chosen career have not sky rocketed since last year.