LOETB Clara

LOETB Clara Co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Social Fund.

Clara FET Centre offers a Youthreach Programme, and Adult Education Courses including QQI Awarded Courses, Community Education, Adult Literacy and Traineeships.

26/08/2026

The Leaving Cert. results are out, and the CAO offers are on the way. You may be wondering what happens next?

Whether you:
๐Ÿ‘‰ didnโ€™t get the points you were hoping for
๐Ÿ‘‰ are waiting to see what your CAO offer brings
๐Ÿ‘‰have decided university isnโ€™t for you right now
๐Ÿ‘‰want to take a year to explore your options before committing to a degree
๐Ÿ‘‰or simply arenโ€™t sure which direction to take

Our LOETB Adult Guidance ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด is an opportunity for students and parents to find out about the wide range of education, training and career pathways available across Laois and Offaly.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday 27 August
โŒš10am - 1pm
๐Ÿ“ Laois Information Hub, Portlaoise, R32 V002
๐Ÿ“ Offaly Information Hub, Tullamore, R35 R293

Come along with a parent or guardian and chat with our Guidance team about the options available across Laois and Offaly.

Explore:

๐Ÿ“šPLC courses
๐Ÿ“š Apprenticeships
๐Ÿ“šTraineeships
๐Ÿ“šTertiary Degree courses

Find out more about the Information Morning and your options after the Leaving Cert in our latest blog ๐Ÿ“Žhttps://loetb.ie/leaving-cert-results-whats-next/

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜.

21/08/2026
23/06/2026

๐ŸŽ“ ๐ˆ๐ญ'๐ฌ ๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐š๐ฒ ๐†๐จ๐จ๐๐›๐ฒ๐ž ๐ŸŽ“

The time has come for us to say goodbye to our graduating students who have been a huge part of our centre. It doesn't seem that long ago that they first walked through our doors. Since then, we have had the privilege of watching them grow into confident young adults. We've seen them overcome challenges, discover their strengths, support one another, and create friendships that we know will last long after they leave us.

They have brought so much life, laughter, and energy to our centre and have filled it with memories that we will cherish for years to come. Every one of them has made a lasting impact, and the centre won't be quite the same without them.

We are incredibly proud that all of our leaving students are progressing onwards to further education. This achievement reflects their hard work, determination, and resilience, and they should be immensely proud of themselves.

While we will miss them greatly; our pride far outweighs our sadness. Watching them grow in confidence, believe in themselves, and take the next step towards their future has been one of the greatest privileges of our work.

To our leaving students, thank you for the memories, the laughter, and for allowing us to be part of your journey. We are so proud of everything you have achieved and cannot wait to see where life takes you next.

Congratulations on all you have accomplished, and best of luck in the exciting chapter ahead.

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ…โ˜€๏ธ What an amazing day we had at our ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ yesterday! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ…โ˜€๏ธThe staff and students had the best time, with lo...
26/05/2026

๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ…โ˜€๏ธ What an amazing day we had at our ๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฒ yesterday! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿ…โ˜€๏ธ

The staff and students had the best time, with lots of fun, laughter, teamwork, and great sporting spirit throughout the day. It was fantastic to see everyone getting involved, supporting one another, and enjoying all of the activities together.

A huge thank you to our wonderful teacher Claire Grehan for organising such a fantastic event. ๐Ÿ‘

Well done to all of our students and staff who took part - memories were definitely made! ๐Ÿ’™

The end of the year brings reflection, celebration, and so many memories made. Our Youthreach students have grown togeth...
22/05/2026

The end of the year brings reflection, celebration, and so many memories made. Our Youthreach students have grown together, supported one another, and made friendships that will last a lifetime.

Each fingerprint tells a story; different, unique, and connected just like our students. Together, they represent the friendships, support, and bonds that will be carried into the future. ๐Ÿ’›

๐’๐ฉ๐จฬ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐€ฬ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ขฬ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ญ (๐‹๐ž๐ข๐›๐ก๐žฬ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐๐ˆ)๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ด๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ขฬ ๐‘– ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘Žฬ๐‘› ๐น๐‘œฬ๐‘šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ 2026 ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธTรก Ionad Breisoideac...
20/05/2026

๐’๐ฉ๐จฬ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐€ฬ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐€๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ขฬ๐จ๐œ๐ก๐ญ (๐‹๐ž๐ข๐›๐ก๐žฬ๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“ ๐๐๐ˆ)
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐ด๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ขฬ ๐‘– ๐‘€๐‘’๐‘Žฬ๐‘› ๐น๐‘œฬ๐‘šโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ 2026 ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ
Tรก Ionad Breisoideachais agus Oiliรบna an Chlรกir agus Thulach Mhรณr i gcomhphรกirtรญocht chun ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐ฎฬ๐ซ๐ฌ๐š ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ง๐š ๐ฅ๐šฬ๐ง๐š๐ข๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐š ๐ข๐š๐ซ-๐€๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐žฬ๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก๐ญ๐š spreagรบil seo a chur ar fรกil, atรก deartha chun tรบ a ullmhรบ don tionscal nรณ chun dul ar aghaidh chuig ardoideachas.

๐‘บ๐’–๐’Šฬ๐’๐’Ž๐’‰:
3 lรก sa tseachtain sa Chlรกir,
1 lรก sa tseachtain i dTulach Mhรณr

๐‘จ๐’ ๐’Ž๐’†ฬ๐’Š๐’… ๐’‚ ๐’‡๐’‰๐’๐’ˆ๐’‰๐’๐’‚๐’Š๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’…๐’‰ ๐’•๐’–ฬ:
โ€ข Aclaรญocht agus Follรกine
โ€ข Cothรบ
โ€ข Staidรฉir Spรณirt agus รineasa
โ€ข Gnรญomhaรญocht Choirp Oiriรบnaithe
โ€ข Anatamaรญocht agus Fiseolaรญocht
โ€ข Obair Foirne
โ€ข Riarachรกn รiseanna Fรณillรญochta
โ€ข Taithรญ Oibre

โ€ข Faigh na scileanna, an t-eolas agus an mhuinรญn chun obair a dhรฉanamh i rรฉimse suรญomhanna spรณirt agus aclaรญochta.
โ€ข Faigh bonn lรกidir eolais ar aclaรญocht, ar spรณrt agus ar an tionscal fรณillรญochta.
โ€ข Forbair scileanna praiticiรบla fรญorshaoil i gcรณitseรกil, i dteagasc, in obair foirne agus i i riarachรกn รกiseanna.
โ€ข Cuir do ghairm bheatha nรณ do chuid oideachais chun cinn; tรฉigh isteach san fhostaรญocht nรณ lean ar aghaidh chuig Leibhรฉal 6 / staidรฉar nรญos airde.

๐ƒ๐žฬ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐š๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐จ๐ข๐ฌ: https://www.tullamorefetc.ie/.../scien.../sportsrecexercise/
Tรก lรญon na n-รกiteanna teoranta โ€“ dรฉan iarratas go luath!

๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž (๐๐๐ˆ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“) ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 2026 ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธClara and Tullamore FET Centres h...
20/05/2026

๐’๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ, ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง & ๐„๐ฑ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐ข๐ฌ๐ž (๐๐๐ˆ ๐‹๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ“)
๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ๐‘†๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘†๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ 2026 ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธโšฝ๐Ÿ‹๏ธโ€โ™€๏ธ

Clara and Tullamore FET Centres have teamed up to deliver this exciting ๐…๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ-๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐๐‹๐‚ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž designed to get you industry-ready or progress to higher education.

๐‘ณ๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’:
3 days per week in Clara
1 day per week in Tullamore

๐‘พ๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’:
โ€ข Exercise & Fitness
โ€ข Nutrition
โ€ข Sports & Recreation Studies
โ€ข Adapted Physical Activity
โ€ข Anatomy & Physiology
โ€ข Team-working
โ€ข Leisure Facility Administration
โ€ข Work Experience

โ€ข Gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to work in a range of sports and fitness settings
โ€ข Build a strong foundation in exercise, sport, and leisure industry knowledge
โ€ข Develop real-world skills in coaching, instruction, teamwork, and facility operations
โ€ข Progress your career or education, move into employment or continue to Level 6 / higher studies

๐€๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ: https://www.tullamorefetc.ie/courses/full-time-courses/science-courses/sportsrecexercise/

Places are limited โ€“ apply early!

Laois and Offaly ETB Community Education
Tullamore Further Education & Training Centre

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‚๐ฎฬ๐ซ๐ฌ๐š ๐ง๐ฎ๐š ๐š๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎฬ ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ขฬ ๐Œ๐ก๐ž๐šฬ๐ง ๐…๐จฬ๐ฆ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ขฬ ๐“๐šฬ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ขฬ ๐ˆ๐ง๐›๐ก๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ(Treorรบ chuig Deimh...
19/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‚๐ฎฬ๐ซ๐ฌ๐š ๐ง๐ฎ๐š ๐š๐  ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎฬ ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ขฬ ๐Œ๐ก๐ž๐šฬ๐ง ๐…๐จฬ๐ฆ๐ก๐š๐ข๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ ๐๐ฎ๐ง๐ž๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ขฬ ๐“๐šฬ๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐“๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ขฬ ๐ˆ๐ง๐›๐ก๐ฎ๐š๐ง๐š๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ
(Treorรบ chuig Deimhniรบ QQI Leibhรฉal 4 i dTรกirgeadh Torthaรญ)

Bรญ linn i mรญ Mheรกn Fรณmhair seo chun foghlaim conas rรฉimse leathan barra torthaรญ a phlandรกil, a fhรกs agus a chothabhรกil, รณ ullmhรบ ithreach go fรณmhar. Scileanna praiticiรบla a fhorbairt i dtรกirgeadh torthaรญ, lena n-รกirรญtear rialรบ lotnaidรญ, prรบnรกil, agus cleachtais oibre shรกbhรกilte i dtimpeallacht foghlama phraiticiรบil.

๐ƒ๐šฬ๐ญ๐š ๐“๐จ๐ฌ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก: Dรฉ Mรกirt, an 8 Meรกn Fรณmhair 2026
๐€๐ฆ:10:00am โ€“ 12:00pm (Maidin Dรฉ Mรกirt)
๐’๐ฎ๐ขฬ๐จ๐ฆ๐ก: Ionad FET Clara
๐…๐š๐: Meรกn Fรณmhair 2026 go dtรญ mรญ na Bealtaine 2027
๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฌ: Maoinithe go hiomlรกn

Tรก na hรกiteanna teoranta โ€“ moltar clรกrรบ go luath!

๐‚๐ฅ๐šฬ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ก ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐žฬ๐ข๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐จ: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/97gqcA1BiV

Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board

๐Ÿ“ข ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ ๐‘บ๐™ช๐’”๐™ฉ๐’‚๐™ž๐’๐™–๐’ƒ๐™ก๐’† ๐‘ญ๐™ง๐’–๐™ž๐’• ๐‘ท๐™ง๐’๐™™๐’–๐™˜๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐’‚๐™จ๐’Š๐™˜๐’” ๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ(Leading to QQI Level 4 Certification...
19/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐‚๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐’๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”

๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ ๐‘บ๐™ช๐’”๐™ฉ๐’‚๐™ž๐’๐™–๐’ƒ๐™ก๐’† ๐‘ญ๐™ง๐’–๐™ž๐’• ๐‘ท๐™ง๐’๐™™๐’–๐™˜๐’•๐™ž๐’๐™ฃ ๐˜ฝ๐’‚๐™จ๐’Š๐™˜๐’” ๐ŸŒฑโ™ป๏ธ
(Leading to QQI Level 4 Certification in Fruit Production)

Join us this September to learn how to plant, grow, and maintain a wide range of fruit crops, from soil preparation to harvesting. Develop practical skills in fruit production, including pest control, pruning, and safe working practices in a hands-on learning environment.

๐’๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐š๐ญ๐ž: Tuesday 8th September 2026
๐“๐ข๐ฆ๐ž: 10:00am โ€“ 12:00pm (Tuesday mornings)
๐‹๐จ๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: Clara FET Centre
๐ƒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง: September 2026 until May 2027
๐‚๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ: Fully funded

Places are limited โ€“ early registration is recommended!

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Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board

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River Street
Clara
R35C9C3

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+353579330794

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