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Barristers provide specialist advocacy and advisory services in a wide variety of areas and in many different types of forum, including the courtroom, and in other dispute resolution forums such as arbitration and mediation. Barristers are trained to be both independent and objective. They are readily accessible and are typically instructed by a solicitor.
Barristers do not provide the normal administrative services which a solicitor would provide. There is a strong relationship of trust and respect between the Bar and the solicitors' profession based on the experience that each has for the high standards of the other.This traditional relationship allows barristers and solicitors to give their client the very highest standards of advice and representation. It also enables the justice system and the courts to have trust in the standards observed by the members of the legal profession appearing before them.
The Bar of Ireland's "Look into Law" Transition Year Programme is an exciting initiative aimed at increasing students' awareness of the work of The Bar of Ireland and to encourage students to consider a career as a barrister. This annual "Access all areas" programme aims to encourage schools and students from a wide cross-section of society to apply to take part.
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Féadann daoine atá tar éis an scoil a chríochnú gairm a thosú san AE trí róil Cúntóra (AST) nó Rúnaíochta (SC), mar nach bhfuil céim tríú leibhéil ag teastáil do na róil seo. Féadfar teacht ar a thuilleadh eolas maidir le róil AST sna míreanna thuas.
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When I came out of the Botanic Gardens, I went to work in Holland for the summer and when I came back, I joined a Landscaping firm. This was in the early 1979/80 when the economy was not as buoyant as it is now. We were working on dusty sites, doing landscaping and lawns.
When the weather got bad, you were let go and got a pound an hour "wet time". I remember standing in out of very heavy rain one day in an industrial unit, reading the paper. I saw a job for a Sales Rep to sell horticultural machinery, chainsaws, lawnmowers, golf course equipment etc. I applied for and got the job as an indoors Sales Rep.
It was a great learning curve, I got training in sales, and I was selling equipment related to the industry I was in. That was one of the reasons I got the job as a result of my background in horticulture. That was great training, and I really enjoyed it. I was getting on very well with that job, but when the weather was good (around March/April) I really missed being out in the fresh air.
Within a short period of time it turned out that the company ran into bad financial difficulties, and they let about eight people go and as I was one of the last in, I was also let go. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because it gave me the impetus to set up on my own.
I went out and started working for myself then. It was a big decision for me. I was lucky to get onto a Start your Own Business course, run by the Irish Productivity Centre and FAS. The course was excellent, it ran over sixteen weeks - eight weeks of lectures and practicals, and the second eight was about getting it off the ground.
It was great doing that, and I had a job I used to do on a Saturday. I managed to get another contract for a couple of days a week shortly afterwards, and I just built it up from there. That's really how my own Landscaping Business got off the ground.
It was a lovely mix of timing and opportunity. I had been working with Jigsaw, the National Centre for Youth Mental Health, in their young people’s advocacy and rights-based approaches unit. I loved the systemic and participatory work, but I found myself missing direct therapeutic work.
When I saw a part-time, one-day-a-week role with Centric Mental Health, I initially applied to provide therapeutic support and counselling. After the interview, they offered me a different role in their Autism and ADHD assessment unit, drawing on my ten years of experience in education settings. It turned out to be a good fit and a chance to deepen my assessment skills.
The Rehab Group role came soon after, advertised through professional health psychology networks. I knew immediately it was the right next step, a position that combined my clinical experience with systemic, holistic care. I applied online and, during the interview, shared my experience and my passion for health psychology in disability services. When they called to offer me the role, I was thrilled. It felt like the perfect alignment of my skills, values, and my commitment to supporting both staff and people who use RehabCare services in a way that promotes inclusion and meaningful change.
As I have previously mentioned, the year I graduated was a great one for electronic engineering students. All of my graduating class had at least two offers before we had sat our final exams. At the time I had the offer of either taking up a Process Engineering, Software, Test or Hardware Design Engineering position with four different companies.
I picked hardware because that was what I most interested after completing my Electronics degree. I chose a multi-national company, and my advice to any graduate would be to start your career with an international company. Many of these companies will have formal graduate training programs in place, with pre defined career opportunities in place. Learning in a well established, and well structured environment will be crucial to any engineer entering the workforce for the first time.
After 12 months I left this company to work as a test engineer. At the time I didn’t want to commit my career to hardware design. I left on very good terms with the promise that if it didn’t work out I should make contact again. After 12 months I decided that my initial choice was what I wanted to pursue, and I was soon working again at my first company. I was promoted to team leader for a small engineering team, and the opportunity presented itself to pursue a career in management, but I wanted to stick with an engineering role. Eventually I was promoted to a senior design engineering position where I continued to design power supplies up until 2006. This was a very exciting time for me, and professionally my career really advanced.
In 2006 an opportunity arose to join a small Irish company that was moving its headquarters from Dublin to Cork. This company was Excelsys Technologies. The role was to head up the Applications Engineering group. I met with the Managing Director, who had previously headed up European Operations for the first company I had worked for. I also knew some of the other staff, again having previously worked with them. We now have a concentrated group of very experienced engineers, designing some of the highest power density power supplies in our chosen market.
I first discovered Leonardo Hotels during a careers day at GMIT about nine years ago. At the time, I was working in private hotels, but when I learned about the Leonardo Graduate Programme, it really caught my attention. The programme sounded like a fantastic way to grow a career in hospitality while getting exposure to multiple areas of hotel operations. The application process was thorough — it included several interview stages and an in-person assessment centre. That experience alone gave me great insight into the professionalism and standards of Leonardo Hotels, and I knew it was the right path for me. I was successful in securing a place on the graduate programme and started my journey at Leonardo Parnell Street, Dublin. From there, I progressed through several leadership roles across the UK and Ireland: • Assistant Conference & Banqueting Manager – Leonardo Oxford • Assistant Food & Beverage Manager – Leonardo Christchurch • Front Office Manager – Leonardo Galway • Project Deputy General Manager – supporting 5 Leonardo Hotels across Ireland These roles gave me an incredible foundation in both the operational and people-management sides of hospitality. I also had the opportunity to oversee three hotel refurbishments and three hotel takeovers, gaining hands-on experience in change management and large-scale projects. In time, I was promoted to Interim Hotel Manager at Leonardo Christchurch, which allowed me to step up and prove myself in a senior leadership role. Most recently, in July 2025, I was promoted to Hotel Manager at Leonardo Derby, where I am now leading the team and continuing my journey with the company. Over the past nine years, I’ve had the privilege of working across 15 Leonardo Hotels in Ireland and the UK, which has been both challenging and rewarding. What I love about this industry is that no two days are the same — you’re constantly learning, solving problems, and most importantly, working with people.
I was studying in the college in Greencastle, and I feel in love with he place and the community. I put myself out there and got to know a lot of the locals and then I was offered the job on the Northern Celt that way.
The most challenging aspect is managing all of the different tasks that need to be completed as part of my role. Once you move into a senior management position in any company, there is a lot of responsibility that rests on your shoulders. With experience you get used to that and it doesn't cause me an issue, but it certainly keeps me busy! I think the word "perspective" is a great word to have in your head as you go through a career.
There have been many occasions in my career where things have become a challenge or things have gone wrong but having perspective and always doing your best is the key here. My experience has shown that no matter how bad you think things are at a point in time, by working hard and showing integrity you can make sure they work out in the end. There's no point getting stressed or worried, you can only do your best.
I work on all aspects of human rights for children and families. Some days we are preparing to go to Court and other days we could be working on giving legal guidance on important decisions for families and informing policies for Tusla workers.
It’s not like a normal working day anyway!
Every day is different which I love about it, we all share the work on the boat and work together, there is all of the deck work, engine checks, rotations etc.
As much as I am getting my training on the engineering side, I still love the deck side of things, getting involved in the fishing, I love the thrill of it!
Fishing, not a normal working day, Sleeping, watch time, skipper goes to sleep.
Engine checks, everyone is a deckhand first, 24m, everyone mucks in together.
Trainee engineer.
Skipper would d engineer check themselves. Love the deck side of fishing, the thrill of fishing on the deck.
My day usually starts by greeting the team in the morning, checking in with department heads, and reviewing the morning reports to get a snapshot of occupancy, arrivals, and any immediate operational issues. I then review the pickup reports and follow up on anything that happened the previous day, ensuring smooth handovers between shifts. Throughout the day, I monitor guest reviews and respond where needed, while keeping a close eye on financial performance to make sure targets are on track. I also review any employee relations issues, monitor payroll, and provide guidance or support to my team wherever it’s needed. A big part of the role is ensuring hotel standards and procedures are consistently followed, from housekeeping and front office operations to food & beverage and events. I spend time coaching and mentoring my management team, helping them solve problems, and making sure the hotel runs efficiently while maintaining a great guest experience. No two days are exactly the same, but the mix of people, operations, and strategy makes every day rewarding and keeps me learning constantly.
Imperial College London is based in South Kensington which is a really nice part of London. I usually get in around 9:30 and after a few minutes of gossiping/checking email/facebook, I get down to work!
The main portion of my job is research, and I try to have one primary project on the go at any given time, although occasionally ideas will crop up and I will be working on multiple papers.
My research involves a lot of computer programming. I work with data from the magnetometer on the Cassini spacecraft which is in orbit around the planet Saturn. I plot out this data using computer programs, and study the magnetic environment around Saturn, looking for unusual deflections of the magnetic field etc. and trying to interpret what they mean.
On any given paper that I write I usually have several co-authors or people that I am collaborating with, so I talk to them over email, teleconference, or face to face at meetings, and we discuss ideas and interpret the data.
Another portion of my job is teaching, and I currently demonstrate in the first year undergraduate labs, and also run small projects for undergrads in the summer term.
At Imperial, we are the Principal Investigators on the Cassini magnetometer instrument. We have a team of spacecraft operations people who send commands to the spacecraft, and process the data that comes back.
We have had an extension of funding for the Cassini mission so I am currently involved with planning the trajectories for the extended mission. This means that I work with spacecraft operations staff at Imperial, but also those based at the jet Propulsion Laboratory, part of NASA in California. Because they are 8 hours behind us in California, that means I have to stay late one night a week to have a mission planning teleconference with them.
So when I'm in London, a typical day is research, some teaching, and the occasional teleconference. I then attend international conferences a few times a year where I present my work, so I have to prepare talks or posters for these. I also give talks at schools, local astronomy clubs etc.
My current caseload has a mix of both children and adults, all of whom have a diagnosis of intellectual disability. At the moment I spend about 3 days a week working in a school for children with a dual diagnosis of intellectual disability and autism. Here I work closely with the teachers and special needs assistants in looking at the children's sensory needs as well as working on other skills e.g. handwriting, computer work, play development.
The rest of the week I work with adults that attend St. Michael's House services. A lot of the time is taken up with assessment and ordering of equipment e.g. wheelchairs, hoists. I would often see the service user within their day service but might sometimes see them at home. Assessment of the home environment and recommendations for adaptations are another key aspect of the job.
As part of my job I work very closely with other professions e.g. Physiotherapy, Speech & Language Therapy, Psychology etc. Team Meetings are a regular event whereby all the members of the team come together to discuss progress.
I am always learning. Like most other professions (eg medicine), the law does not stand still and it must react to changes in society and seek to place human rights at the core of its work. We must do 23 hours continuous professional training every year and I will always try and focus on human rights law and child law.
Further training as part of my job as a Civil Engineer, nothing specific planned at the moment. Further Education..... as much as I enjoy my job as an Engineer, I still have not ruled out Teaching. I am still considering doing Secondary School Teaching. As a qualified Civil Engineer, if I do a one year course in Teacher Training (H.Dip.ED), I will then be able to teach Maths and Applied Maths in School. Its worth remembering that!
After four years in a course, its good to know you're not tied to the career, but you will always have the profession! Engineering is a degree in problem solving. Getting a job in Engineering, Research, Teaching, Accounting, Management - its all possible.
Plan is to complete my Class 3 engineer ticket oral examination now that I have the sea time complete.
AEC 1&2 from the seamanship centre.
First of all, I would start with a comment from my friend who did not get on the psychology course, saying “you should not be a psychologist”. I would say, if you would like to be a psychologist and have reasons for this, try to find a mentor to help you to guide you on the way. There are many ways how different personalities can contribute in psychology discipline.
To become a clinical psychologist working in clinical practice, you may want to be interested to talk to people, care about other person’s distress and want to alleviate this, have ability to critically evaluate evidence so you can choose the best approach to address the difficulty or to highlight and enhance strengths.
To be interested and open to cooperation with others in helping people and communicate effectively.
Like many jobs it can vary from time of year but over all I am very happy with my lifestyle. Farming has the advantage that you can always make time for family and friends. During busy times of the year such as calving season they can be long hours but with good management the work load can be reduced.
On my own farm I have enough cows that I can afford to employ someone full time, this in turn allows me time off. The farm also covers the cost for the up keep of the dwelling house and travel.
I am passionate about helping people to bring their whole selves to work, and having their real needs met. I am a mother of three daughters, and am a huge advocate for women returning to work from maternity leave, having seen the barriers that exist in the workplace. That has made me even more committed to progressing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Working in HR has helped me to also have access to resources in work that I can apply outside work and help in community and volunteering organisations, as well as with my family. HR is not just about filling forms and checking boxes – it’s about solving problems, helping people to maximse their potential and I find this hugely fulfilling.
I have been very deliberate in choosing HR roles where I don’t have to travel as my children have grown up – I did a lot of travel when I had babies and made a conscious choice to step back from that because I wanted a different balance and HR is a very portable career where you can do that.
I am very lucky to have a job that allows me to have balance between work and family life. This has never been more important than in recent years when I've had 3 children. Working for a company or in a job that allows you balance is really important to ensure you are happy. When you're happy you work much better and tend to then have a better career. My job also gives me a platform to provide a good life for my family and although it has been hard work along the way that level of security is really important to me.
As I become more senior, I am also given opportunities to support our community more by sharing my knowledge and I have worked with a number of charities in recent years to try and give something back also which is really important and fulfilling.
I don't know what is cool about fish but the creative side of the counter and cooking suggestions give me a buzz.
My husband used to be a Chef and the ideas he comes up with are great and the customers love that.
I least like the business side of being self-employed ie invoicing, tax returns etc.
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