Swimming courses in Ireland

Springboard+ courses are one of Ireland’s most important education initiatives for unemployed people. Springboard+ offers 5,855 free places on 181 courses to help unemployed people return to education and find highly paid jobs. The courses are at certificate, degree and master’s levels. These are all in areas where there are plenty of jobs. However, Springboard+ […]

Why take yoga classes? Yoga is a physical and spiritual program designed to improve your level of fitness. It originated in India several thousand years ago and simply said, yoga means ‘to unite’, which is the main goal of the yoga discipline. This form of fitness blends strengthening the body through a series of poses. […]

Fashion a career with costume design! If you are a creative person with a flair for fashion, the costume design industry could be absolutely perfect for you. What is costume design? There are many different roles that a costume designer can play. They might simply work in the fashion industry, creating amazing couture garments for […]

Hairdressing & Hairstyling: the art of arranging the hair or otherwise modifying its natural state. Closely related to headgear, hairdressing has been an important part of the dress of both men and women since antiquity and, like dress, serves a number of functions. Hairdressers offer various hair services but it ain´t all cutting, styling, perming […]

Considering an Animal Care Course? Choosing a career path can be hard. It’s important to find an area that suits your skills and interests. So, if you prefer felines to finance and would rather work in stables than with servers, an animal care course could be the perfect choice for you. There’s a host of […]

Bloom with a Flower Arranging Course! There was a time, not so long ago, when flower arranging was considered a vital part of any woman’s education. Times have moved on, of course, but flower arranging is still a well-respected skill, that can make serious money. Taking a course can be a great way to get […]

Mark Godfrey Looks at the Financial Necessities Of a Full Time College Student and Makes a Suggestion to the Government: Sweaty palms, eyes down-cast, Simon queued.   Embarrassment, worry, dread… he was meeting the bank manager again.  Those thousands he had promised he would pay off… he thought he could pay off.  But now he was […]

So, ya wanna be an actor…? Well, you’re not alone. From community theatre halls to Broadway, and from major motion pictures to public broadcasting, thousands of folks take to performance every day. Most of that number are amateurs – performers for whom acting is a passionate, lifetime avocation. The word “amateur”, after all, is from […]

The demand for employees with a second language has significantly increased in recent years. This is an area where Ireland underperforms. Our European neighbours are far more likely that us to have at least two languages. Over ninety percent of people in Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Sweden can speak a second language. […]

Are you ready to dance? Zumba classes take a regular fitness class up a notch with some high-energy Latin-inspired dance moves. Zumba classes pair upbeat Latin music with aerobic dancing to get you moving and maybe even teach you a few new dance routines. Beto Perez, a celeb fitness trainer, invented this fun fitness approach […]