Over 3,000 applications for apprenticeship scheme

Apprentice Samantha Kao: Bus Éireann's apprentice recruitment programme for heavy vehicle mechanics is open to applicants until March 31, with the company making a particular appeal for applications from women. Picture: Naoise Culhane

The Government has received over 3,000 apprenticeship applications under its apprenticeship incentivisation scheme. 

The scheme was introduced last July in an attempt to "ramp back up" the number of apprenticeships in the country.