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News from the last twelve months listed below. Click on the links to read the full articles.


  • 20 Jul 2010 Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply - Trends in Education and Training Outputs 2010

    The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs today published its annual report on the supply of skills to the Irish labour market. The report, "Monitoring Ireland's Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Outputs", highlights the increasing numbers of students entering and leaving the education and training system in Ireland



  • 10 May 2010 Future Skills Requirements of the Wholesale and Retail Sector

    While employment growth is not forecast to return to the wholesale and retail sector in the short term, the sector continues to provide significant employment accounting for over 14 per cent of jobs in the country, according to this report.



  • 20 Nov 2009 Expert Group calls for focus on skills needs of the food and drinks sector

    The Irish food and beverage processing industry will continue to provide sustainable employment as one of our major exporting sectors, according to a new report launched today by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN). While employment growth is not forecast in an increasingly competitive environment, the sector will continue to provide significant direct and indirect employment. The study also identifies a number of skills challenges and makes recommendations on how they might be addressed to ensure the industry’s future success.



  • 02 Nov 2009 Irish labour market to benefit from increased output of education and training system

    The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs today published its annual report on the supply of skills to the Irish labour market. The report, “Monitoring Ireland’s Skills Supply: Trends in Education and Training Output”, found that while higher level participation rates declined for maths, physics and chemistry at Leaving Certificate level between 2004 and 2008, there has been an increase in higher level participation in maths and science at Junior Certificate level with the share of students achieving a grade D or more at higher level also increasing.



  • 03 Jul 2009 Skills Opportunities Identified by Expert Group

    The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs published its annual review of employment and skills in Ireland. The National Skills Bulletin 2009 confirms that while the Irish labour market took a sharp negative turn in 2008, with all labour market indicators disimproving, there are still some areas of job opportunity.