I recently sat down with Jessica Martin from MSLETB for a chat about the National Digital Marketing Apprenticeship. Honestly, it sounds like a win-win. It’s completely free for employees (yes, free!), and employers can also avail of a government grant, which makes it even more appealing. Even better news? Applications are now open for the... Continue Reading →
The National Creative Arts Summer School comes to Sligo
Do you want to explore your creative interests and meet other like-minded people? Do you want to pursue a career in the creative industries in Ireland? This could be your chance, as the ATU Sligo - Fine Art and Creative Practice will host the Creative Arts Summer School on Thursday 6 June. This is the first time... Continue Reading →
A proud day in the household
Yesterday was a proud day for us. Lucy graduated from Athlone Institute of Technology with a distinction. Each student was only allowed to invite two people to the ceremony so me and Laurence (Lucy's boyfriend) were the lucky ones. Lucy has always been really keen on learning, right from an early age she had a... Continue Reading →
Thinking of the next adventure
Well not an adventure but I wanted to do some kind of part-time course. In previous years I've done drama but I decided there's enough drama in my head to keep me going. I really wanted to do an art class but the ETB isn't running one and there's nothing on during the day so... Continue Reading →
Seeing Red
In case you are wondering what this pic is all about I've started a new part-time course. It's a course about film making and this photo gave me the idea for a script I'm writing. The story is called 'Seeing Red' - not sure if I'll post it here yet as it's a bit rubbish.... Continue Reading →
Cooking and Budgeting Course
I started a new course last week. It's a Cooking and Budgeting course. Naively I thought it was going to be cooking on a budget but it's not. There are two parts of it; the first part is cooking and the second part budgeting. As the first class fell on Shrove Tuesday we made pancakes.... Continue Reading →