Paul O Toole

Study says PLCs have not moved to meet dramatic shift in kind of jobs available

Solas says the move will help meet skills needs and deliver value for money

Beauty therapist Ciara Daly among 14-strong team competing at WorldSkills event

Low take-up contrasts with Germany where 60% of students take up ‘earn-and-learn’ options

General learning courses, which help reintroduce people to a learning environment, have attracted 157,000 people

Follow example of Jamie Oliver, Stella McCartney, Alex Ferguson, says Jan O’Sullivan

State agency regulating the sector to direct funds to ‘where it’s going to be most effective’

The coffee market in Ireland has proved remarkably resilient through the downturn, and it’s catching up on tea as our favourite beverage. We trace the beautiful bean’s journey back to a remote farm in Tanzania where elephants roam free

In the first of a two-part series, a trip to a Rwandan tea plantation leads to an exploration of how the second World War led to the tea we drink in Ireland being of unusually high quality – and what all this has to do with Anglo Irish Bank

Five-year plan ‘will inevitably disturb the status quo’, says Solas chairman

Site purchased by agency for €1.5 million in 2005 under decentralisation now worth €150,000