What is it? Every year Hospitality Skills Ireland run training workshops for transition year and LCA students. The workshop gives participants an insight into a career in hospitality. The programme takes place in your school or one of Hospitality Skills Ireland’s many partnered hotels. If it’s organised in your school they will set up a…
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Entries are now open The Mental Health Art and Photography Competition is a competition organised by Mental Health Ireland every year for students aged 12 -18 (post-primary students). As the name entails the competition is about expressing mental health through art and photography. There is a theme every year and this year’s theme is “Mind…
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A Step by Step Guide Sometimes it can be more beneficial to phone a company rather than email them when looking for work experience. When you make a phone call to a company you are often redirected to the work experience coordinator where you can organise your work experience in real time while an email…
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An Interview with Julia Lynes Co-Founder of EazyCity My TY experience… Where did you go to school? Colaiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Co. Cork When did you complete TY? Way back in 1998! What did you enjoy most about TY? I liked the variety it offered. The different modules allowed me to try out various new…
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#transitionyear We asked our followers on Facebook and Instagram what their favourite moment from TY was. Here’s what they said: “My favourite moment about being a transition year was definitely travelling to Dubai and Calcutta volunteering with the Hope Foundation! We had massive craic!” “My favourite TY moment was going to Rome, it was the…
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An Interview With Shane Curran Tell us about yourself e.g. hobbies,school? I’m currently in my 5th year of secondary school at Terenure College in Dublin. Outside of the classroom, I like to get involved in a little bit of everything. I play quite a lot of rugby at school and have been involved with schools…
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Tell us about yourself My name is Reece Sheridan, I’m a student of Piper’s Hill College in Naas, Co.Kildare and currently National Ambassador for Transition Year Ireland. I’m a strong believer in the notion that young people should take every opportunity to motivate themselves, and others, to achieve their full potential and firmly believe that…
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An Interview With Make A Mark Describe the company Our company is Make a Mark. We have designed a hand-held gun for applying marking fluid to sheep. How are you unique? We are unique as there is no other product like ours on the market. We provide a unique product that eliminates the problems farmers…
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