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AN ÓIGE - IRELAND APPS4GAPS BUS ÉIREANN “GO
PLACES” CAREERS PORTAL
If you’re looking to travel
around Ireland on a
budget, An Óige is here to
help! We have 24 irish
youth hostels located in
prime locations throughout
Ireland. Our budget youth
hostels offer good quality,
safe and comfortable
accommodation for
families, groups and
individuals of all ages. You
can choose from budget
hostels in Dublin, Cork,
Galway, Kerry, Wicklow
with all types of rooms and
locations – everybody is
welcome! All-Ireland competition run
by the CSO and aimed at
encouraging young people
to create concepts and
applications utilising freely
available Open Data. ‘Go Places’ is Bus
Éireann's exciting new TY
competition. Students are
asked to submit proposals
on how Bus Éireann’s
public bus transport and
school transport can best
continue to support
schools and wider society
into the future. Top prize is
€3,000 in prize money and
a class trip to Tayto Park.
More information at An on-line career
guidance resource that
gives advice, helps
students carry out self
assessments, explore
careers, consider courses
and a whole lot more.
IRISH COMMUNITY AIR
AMBULANCE
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The Irish Community Air
Ambulance TY Student
Programme aims to train TY
students across the country
to carry out Cardio-
pulmonary Resuscitation
(CPR) and to use a
defibrillator.
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The programme
furthermore offers TY
students an opportunity to
be involved in this
community funded initiative,
and the programme offers
discounts for training in
participating schools.
Participants:
• Work in teams
• learn or improve
computer science skills
• Utilise opportunities
presented by Open Data
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Careers portal is hosting
the “Career Zone” at the
TY EXPO. Join them there
and they’ll show you how
to make the most of this
valuable (and free)
resource.
• Be challenged in
creating technologies
such as mobile apps w w w. b u s e i r e a n n . i e /
goplaces CSO OPEN DATA
AWARD DELPHI RESORT DEVELOP ME
Every year over 200
schools choose Delphi for
their school tours. We
inspire pupils to aim
higher and achieve more
through our multi-activity
programmes. Located on
a 300 acre site in the
breathtaking Delphi Valley,
Delphi Resort’s stimulating
environment helps to
change perspectives and
broaden the horizons of
young
pupils.
www.delphiresort.com Develop Me specialises in
bringing the highest
quality experiential
learning training into the
secondary school
classroom.
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This award for the use of
CSO Data is aimed at
encouraging young people
to use Open Data. This
award is for the most
innovative use (or potential
use) of CSO Data.
The award is open to all
categories and age-groups
and entries can be in any
format
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T Y UPDATE MAY 2017
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Through experiential
learning we currently
focus on two critical areas
for today’s students:
• Project Management
• Understanding Effective
Teamwork.