New accountancy apprenticeship to create 150 jobs

The program is set to help alleviate a national shortage in qualified accountants

Second and first-year Accounting Technicians Ireland apprentices Tsuika Cheung (l) and Noelia Zamora (r) with their mentor and Siro finance manager Gillian Noonan. Pic: Fintan Clarke.

A new accountancy apprenticeship will create 150 jobs across Ireland this year which is set to help alleviate the shortage of qualified accountants.

Applications have opened for the Accounting Technicians Ireland (ATI) Apprenticeship across further education colleges in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Meath, Monaghan, Waterford and Wicklow.