Skills Connect Coffee Morning
23rd April 2026
Location:
IRD Duhallow, James O'Keeffe Institute, Co. Cork
Co. Cork
Places remaining: 30
Cost: FREE
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Join Monica and Seamus from IRD Duhallow for an informal information session on Thursday, 23rd April.
You can attend in person over a cup of coffee at 10am, or take part in an online session at 7pm that evening.
This is a great opportunity to learn more about the free courses available this September, ask questions, and explore how these programmes can support your goals.
A link for the online meeting will be sent a few days prior.
Choose from a level 5 qualification in
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Early Childhood Education
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Healthcare
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Business Administration
All free of charge and all run locally in Newmarket. See below course details.
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QQI Level 5 Healthcare Support: irdduhallow.com/events/qqi-level-5-healthcare-support-2026/
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QQI Level 5 Business Administration: irdduhallow.com/events/qqi-level-5-business-administration-course-2026/
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QQI Level 5 Early Learning and Care: irdduhallow.com/events/qqi-level-5-early-learning-and-care/
Register here to attend either the in-person coffee morning or the online meeting later that evening. When submitting your registration, please indicate your preference whether you plan to attend the coffee morning or join the online session—in the comments section.
Courses are free of charge for eligible participants.
Eligible Individuals who are Welfare Payment Recipients
Unemployed people with an entitlement to a Jobseekers Allowance (JA) or Jobseekers Benefit (JB) payment from the Department of Social Protection (DSP) may retain such payments subject to the Back to Education criteria of that Department.
People in receipt of other forms of income support from DSP may retain such payments subject to the Back to Education criteria of that Department. Other forms of income support include:
- Back to Work Enterprise Allowance
- Jobseeker’s Credits only
- Blind Pension
- Disability Allowance
- Farm/Fish Assist
- Illness Benefit
- Invalidity Pension
- One-Parent Family Payment
- Rural Social Scheme
- Supplementary Welfare Allowance
- Adult Dependants (of listed schemes)
Eligible Individuals who are not Welfare Payment Recipients
Individuals who are not in receipt of a welfare payment from DSP and whose circumstances are described below are eligible to participate.
- Former sole traders and business owners
- Recent graduates who are unemployed
- Homemakers
- Retirees seeking to return to the workplace
- Individuals who fail to qualify for social welfare payments because of a spouse’s income
- Individuals signing on for credits but in receipt of no social welfare payment
- Individuals who have recently accepted redundancy payments
- Non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals holding immigration Stamp 4
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