Do Ghairm Le Gaeilge/Your Career with Irish

'Do Ghairm le Gaeilge / Your Career with Irish' – the 'must have' guide for any graduate looking to use the 'cupla focal' as part of their work.

Do Ghairm le Gaeilge / Your Career with Irish is a bilingual careers guide which provides an insight in to the myriad of careers opportunities using the Irish Language.  It was formally launched to an audience of 3rd level careers advisors and prominent graduate employers at the Graduate Recruiters Conference at the Burlington Hotel, 29th April 2009. Do Ghairm le Gaeilge / Your Career with Irish gives an overview of the various sectors in which fluency in Irish would be an advantage, and in many cases a distinct requirement.  These include Arts and Heritage; the Media; Public and Private Sector employment; ICT; as well as the better known areas of teaching and translation.  The guide’s user-friendly format comprises well-researched information, case studies, web resources, and valuable hints and tips for students and graduates.

Irish became an official working language of the EU in 2005 and is one of the minority languages being promoted, not just within the European Parliament but within higher education institutions in the EU and in colleges across the United States, through the support of the Fulbright Commission and in Canada through the support of the Ireland Canada University Foundation. 

The publication of Do Ghairm le Gaeilge is a response to these developments.  The editorial committee was co-chaired by Muireann Ní Dhuigneáin, DCU and Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh, Fiontar, DCU; working with committee members Orlaith Tunney, Careers Advisor, TCD; Cora Cregan, Careers Officer, St Patricks’s College, Drumcondra; and Catherine Lyster, Careers Officer, Letterkenny IT.  Research Assistance was provided by Ben Shorten.

Launching the guide, Deputy Chief Executive of TG4, Pádhraic Ó Ciardha pointed out that:  ‘The Irish language television production sector reflects the wide variety of jobs available for Irish speaking graduates – not only as presenters and scriptwriters, but also as project managers, translators’.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: Thursday May 07 2009