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Contact address: Public Relations Institute of Ireland, 78, Merrion Square, Dublin 2. Tel: (01) 661 8004.

Full-time courses

(accredited by the PR Institute of Ireland): Dun Laoghaire College of Further Education: one-year full-time diploma in public relations.

Fitzwilliam Institute, Dublin: one-year full-time postgraduate diploma in public relations Rathmines Senior College: one-year full-time diploma in public relations.

Irish Academy of Public Relations: two-year part-time diploma in public relations

Ashfield College, Dublin: two-year full-time diploma in public relations.

Cork Institute of Technology: two-year full-time diploma in public relations

Some related third-level courses:

Dublin Institute of Technology: one-year full-time masters degree in public relations. DIT is an associate college of the PRII.

DCU offers a degree in communications while NUI Galway offers a higher diploma in applied communications (postgraduate) with a public relations module.