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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.
Fisherman
Alan O'Neill


Peter LaComber graduated from UCD as a Mechanical Engineer and is working as a Senior Consulting Engineer for Irish Cement. He has held a variety of roles over the last 11 years in the company and is now Plant Liaison Manager for the Kiln 3 construction project in Drogheda.
Consulting Engineer
Peter LaComber


John works as a Process Engineer at Intel's production facilities in Leixlip, Co Kildare. He completed an Honours Degree in Chemistry at NUI Galway, and went on to do a PhD also in that college. His PhD was in physical chemistry as opposed to organic/inorganic chemistry and this facilitated his current work on semi-conductor processing at Intel
Engineer - Process
John Smith


Damien Dollard is a Clerical Officer in the Public Appointments Service. Damien's work involves dealing with the public, working on interview boards as a note taker, managing recruitment campaigns and facilitating at exams.
Clerical Officer
Damien Dollard


Deirdre Lavelle works as a Care Assistant in St Michael's House. Having worked for a number of years as a Special Needs Assistant she applied for a job in St Michael's House. She has completed a foundation course on Skills in Counselling from NUI Maynooth. She is currently studying for a B.A. in Social Studies (Disability) with the Open Training College.
Care Assistant
Deirdre Lavelle


<p>Oisin McGrath is a pilot in the Irish Air Corp. He studied and completed Degree in Aeronautical Engineering in University of Limerick, and applied to the Air Corp in his final year in college. He now flies regularily on a variety of missions and is trained to fly on a number of different aircraft.</p>
Lieutenant - Pilot - Air Corp
Oisin McGrath


     
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