3D printing technology will make some jobs in construction obsolete but will create others. Teacher Antonio Ianni tells Ellie O’Byrne it is the future but Ireland is lagging behind.

Funds raised for the disability charity, Rehab, have dropped by around €600,000 this year after a string of controversies surrounding how money was spent at the agency.

Staff at the disability charity Rehab said they are disappointed that a "clean slate wasn’t offered" after a shake up of the board which saw all but three of its 16 members replaced.

I’M BEGINNING to think there are two bank bailouts: one for boys and one for mammies.

Versatility in the performing arts is essential in the current economic climate, says Chris Ahern, head of the performing arts department at Coláiste Stiofáin Naofa (CSN) in Cork.

More than half of home-based childminders have no formal childcare qualifications, a new report has found.

Regarding the sub-standard practices of childcare providers, I am delighted that the RTÉ investigation has exposed failings. It is high time that parents, and society, examined the environment our children are in daily, for hours.

Students in disadvantaged schools are half as likely to go straight to college, statistics reveal.

Food producers in Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, are to launch a chef training programme on foot of winning the inaugural Kilkenny Leader Partnership ‘Town of Food’ competition.

A non-profit organisation has today launched Occupation Transformation, a free programme aimed at helping young people start their own enterprises.

Hurling with the Barrs.

Production companies go west for this week’s schedule of performances, says Pádraic Killeen

PHASE II marketing of a new education campus for Cork City is about to start, with proposals of interest sought by March of next year.

A course on managing miscanthus, willow, canary and switch grasses energy crops will commence at Teagasc, Oak Park, Carlow, on Oct 17.

A new family-run funeral home is to open in Cork City, the first such business to start from the ground up in several decades.

WHETHER it’s marvelling at the intricate basketwork wrought by Lynn Kirkham, or considering treating yourself to a breathtaking silk scarf by Veronika O’Driscoll, there’s every chance to forget the weather this August.

Ireland’s hospitality sector faces a shortage of trained craft and entry-level workers following the axing of Fáilte Ireland’s training programme, the newly elected President of the Irish Hotels Federation, Michael Vaughan, said.

The flagship boat for a €150,000-a-year Youthreach project has been locked in a boatyard since 2007, writes Investigative Correspondent Conor Ryan

THE chance to help make up the shortfall of trained workers for the meat processing industry is available through a new course developed by Fás and the National Butchery Academy.

A CORK centre widely known for its exemplary care of the elderly is now offering an outreach programme for those who look after senior citizens in their own homes.

THE report into the deaths of children known to social services will be published before Christmas, Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald said yesterday.

PRESSURISED pig farmers can reduce input costs by up to €20 per tonne by increasing their use of cheaper feeds, culling earlier and availing of feed credit from banks, say Teagasc experts.

A man who was one of a group of three that slashed 128 tyres because of “some sort of complaint they had about capitalism” has been given a suspended sentence.

AN inspirational student is breaking down stereotypes surrounding Down syndrome after flying through school and earning a place in university.

WITH services for the elderly being curtailed or cut, Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has been called on to join forces with Social Inclusion Minister Joan Burton and introduce a community service “pay-back year” for third-level students.

THE Irish Academy of Public Relations is running a 10-week PR course at the Carlton Hotel in Tralee, starting September 6.

Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn TD has today published a Bill aimed at the amalgamation of education and training bodies.

MEMBERS of the Cork County Vocational Education Committee (CCVEC) are seeking an urgent meeting with Taoiseach Enda Kenny to highlight their objection to a proposed amalgamation with the City of Cork VEC.

A distance learning scholarship aimed at people who have been made redundant or are seeking further education is being launched.

JOYCE DOYLE’S son displayed “severe anxiety” which made him physically ill when he began attending secondary school.