FÁS is introducing new training programmes in the green-tech sphere for those in the construction sector who have lost their jobs and want to acquire new knowledge. The new FÁS courses will be aimed ...

FÁS offers a range of training courses suited to the needs of jobseekers looking for employment throughout the country including in Carlow. Courses like specific skills training and traineeships are ...

PROBLEMS HAVE been found in more Fás courses in the northeast after it emerged that exam results in some had been “fixed” by the contractors running the programmes. Minister of State Seán Haugheytold ...

THOUSANDS of jobless in Balbriggan are facing a bleak new year with Fás training courses set to disappear from the town at a time when they are needed most. There is no sign of the usual allocation of ...

The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise has announced a range of new FAS courses aimed at retraining construction workers. Mary Coughlan says the initiative is aimed at helping workers avail of ...

SOME 2,700 less apprentices will train with Fás in 2009 than did in 2008, the training authority has said. The estimated throughput for apprentices who complete off-the-job training with Fás is 15,500 ...

Senior Fás executives told TDs and senators that the cases in relation to the companies were assessed independently by the Fás/Enterprise Ireland National Register of Trainers (NRT). They were ...

An internal FÁS report has criticised one of the agency's own training programmes for being financially 'out of control'. The report from June of last year was heavily critical of controls on a €19m ...

FÁS and the Digital Media Forum are planning to pilot a Traineeship programme for the digital media industry in the autumn. The Traineeship will be piloted in Dublin with 20 FÁS participants and 20 ...