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Declan Rice is a Firefighter/Paramedic in the Dublin Fire Brigade.  Before joining the Fire Brigade he held a Certificate in Medical Laboratory Science and a Degree in Biomedical Science.  He always wanted to be a Firefighter and was sucessful on his third application. The recruit firefighter training in Dublin Fire Brigade was second to none, according to Rice, although he said it was a hard slog on the body and the mind.
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Declan Rice


Alan O'Neill is a Skipper working out of Castletownbere in Cork and has his final Skippers Licience. This entitles him to skipper a boat up to 50m and allows him to skipper any fishing vessel worldwide. This ticket allows you more career pathways as you have a wider boat base to choose from.
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Alan O'Neill


Billy Condon works as an Electrical Engineer with the ESB. After completing his Leaving Cert he went to University College Cork and graduated with Electrical Engineering. He went on to do a Masters in Sustainable Energy before joining ESB on their Graduate program. Billy also participates in delivering the STEPS to Engineering program run by the Institute of Engineers.
Engineer - Electrical
Billy Condon


Ruth works as a Chartered Accountant and has recently been made a Partner with Bluett Conran & Co. She completed a primary degree in European Business and Languages at the National College of Ireland, and went on th do a Post Graduate diploma in Accounting in DIT. She then chose to study with the Chartered Accountants Ireland to become a Chartered Accountant.
Chartered Accountant
Ruth Byrne


Louis has been a Garda for over 30 years and has reached the rank of Assistant Commissioner with special responsibility for Strategy and Training. During the course of his career he has spent time on the beat, and worked up to positions of Inspector and Superintendent before his current role. He qualified as a Barrister at Law, and has several other Higher education awards, all taken during his time as a Garda.
Assistant Commissioner
Louis Harkin


David Kehoe is the Executive Head Chef in the Tower Hotel in Dublin.  When he completed his Leaving Cert he went to study in Athlone IT on a 2 year fulltime professional cookery course.  He also is qualified in HACCP (Food Safety Mgmt) up until management level.  He was one of the chef presenters on "Corrigan Knows Food", which was on RTE1 last year for 6 weeks.
Chef
David Kehoe


     
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