New Opening Hours
New office opening hours Monday - Thursday 9 am - 5 pm Friday 9 am - 4 pm
Christmas Closure and Re-opening Dates
Thank you to all of our wonderful customers for your continued support during the year. Our staff will now take a well-earned break for the holiday season and look forward to seeing you again in the New Year.
Trees On The Land
Trees on the Land is a cross-border initiative working to establish young native trees across the 32 counties of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. They run an annual tree planting event with trees being distributed and planted between December and March each year. They provide simple schemes for landowners to access quality native [...]
E-learning
E-learning, or electronic learning, is the delivery of training and learning through digital resources. E-learning is delivered using electronic devices like computers, tablets, and even mobile phones, even though it is based on formalised learning. This makes it easy for users to learn anytime, anywhere, with very few restrictions. It is training, learning, or education [...]
Funding Workshop for Musicians 50+
This summer First Music Contact worked in collaboration with Age & Opportunity to survey professional musicians aged 50 & over, working in Ireland, to assess their needs and to hear about their experiences as they move forward in their careers. One of the main areas of professional development that emerged from this survey was the [...]
Cyber Security
Cybersecurity is the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These digital attacks are usually aimed at accessing, changing, or destroying sensitive information; extorting money from users via ransomware; or interrupting normal business processes. Implementing effective cybersecurity measures is particularly challenging today because there are more devices than people, and attackers are [...]
When Stroke Strikes, Act F.A.S.T.
Did you know that, on average, two million brain cells die every minute after a stroke? But did you also know that you can make a difference to the outcome of a stroke, if it happens to you or someone else, by acting F.A.S.T.? What is F.A.S.T.? F.A.S.T. is a simple test that can help [...]
AONTAS The voice of adult learning
AONTAS, the National Adult Learning Organisation, are now seeking articles for the Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education: The Adult Learner. This peer-reviewed journal documents the growth and development of adult learning policy and practice in Ireland. The deadline for submitting an article is Friday 27th January 2023. For the 2023 edition, AONTAS welcome [...]
Three Dublin restaurants hit by closure orders over food safety breaches
Three Dublin city centre restaurants were closed for the breach of food safety regulations last month. One of the several reasons cited for closure was lack of training resources for staff. Make sure your staff have the appropriate training necessary to safely work with food by booking them onto one of our HACCP Food Safety [...]
Fighting Heart Disease and Stroke
1 in 4 women in Ireland will die from heart disease and stroke – the same as men and yet heart conditions in women are: Under-researched, Under-diagnosed and Under-treated. That is why The Irish Heart Foundation have launched a new Her Heart Matters campaign. They want to protect women’s hearts by providing intervention and prevention [...]