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TU Dublin to boost electrical apprenticeships
Belfast Met apprentice places at UK-wide SkillELECTRIC
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) is set to increase its electrical apprenticeship provision by 42% following the allocation of €5.73m in additional funding to deliver 600 new apprenticeship training places across various disciplines. The funding is part of a €20.5m package recently announced by Irish Education Minister James Lawless to expand apprenticeship capacity nationally. TU Dublin’s
Apprentice training on TU Dublin’s Tallaght Campus.
requirements. The university will also strengthen and expand its plumbing, carpentry & joinery, refrigeration & air conditioning and wood manufacturing & finishing apprenticeships. Dr Deirdre Lillis, President of TU Dublin, said, “These enhancements will not only support national skills needs and drive economic growth, but also strengthen TU Dublin’s role in providing high-quality, practice-based education across our campuses.” www.tudublin.ie
Tallaght campus is set to increase its electrical apprenticeship provision by 18 blocks annually by 2028 and will continue to play a leading role in delivering Phase 4 and Phase 6 training in this area. Additionally, through a consortia-led apprenticeship investment, the industrial electrical engineering apprenticeship in Tallaght will receive new advanced equipment, ensuring apprentices train with up-to-date automation and digital technologies, supporting national skills
Ewan Forsythe, highly commended at SkillELECTRIC 2025.
Ewan Forsythe, an apprentice studying at Belfast Met and employed by NUGENT, has received a highly commended mention following an excellent performance at SkillELECTRIC 2025. Ewan progressed to the national finals, held at Bridgend College in Wales in late 2025, after achieving the top score in Electrical Installation at the SkillBuild NI Regional Qualifier held in South Eastern Regional College in May. He was also recently named as a runner up in the UK-wide ECA Edmundson Apprentice of the Year awards for 2025 and secured Apprentice of the Year at the Northern Ireland Electrical Awards at Titanic Belfast in June. SkillELECTRIC is organised by National Electrotechnical Training in conjunction with WorldSkills UK with Electric Center, NICEIC and Scolmore Group as its delivery partners. Finalists faced a complicated electrical installation task which had to be completed within a strict timeframe and was marked against tough criteria including wiring and connection skills, inspecting and testing and fault finding, as well as a solar PV task. www.skillelectric.org.uk
EWL Electric raises €4,500 for IEBA
The Irish Electrical Benevolent Association (IEBA) has welcomed a generous donation of €4,500 from EWL Electric. The funds were raised at EWL Electrical’s Annual Supplier Day held at the Knightsbrook Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort, where voluntary cash and card donations collected at the event were matched and doubled by the electrical wholesaler group. IEBA said the donation will play a vital role in helping the charity continue its mission.
L-R: Stephen Connolly, Managing Director, EWL Electric, Paul Noonan, IEBA, and Tommy Parker, Commercial Manager, EWL Electric.
Founded in 2001, IEBA extends support to members of the electrical industry and their families experiencing difficulties with, for example, bereavement, depression, terminal illness, accidental death, special treatments or retraining. Help is extended to anyone who is, or has been, engaged in the trade as well
as widows, widowers and immediate dependants of that person with a need for financial assistance. A heartfelt thank you is extended to EWL Electric for its generosity and ongoing commitment to supporting the charity’s work. www.ewl.ie/www.irisheba.ie
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