Three students from Coláiste Mhuire, Ennis were among 33 prize winners from around the country at the 14th annual AIB Future Sparks Career Skills Competition by CareersPortal on Wednesday, May 8. The competition, which was open to all senior cycle students who have undertaken a work experience placement, was developed 14 years ago by Ireland’s award-winning and leading career guidance website CareersPortal. Aoibhín Collins, Coláiste Mhuire, Ennis beat stiff competition for the NO 1 spot in the Transition Year category for her winning career investigation and work experience in Midwifery and Florist. Her schoolmate Ciara Ennis received the Highly Commended prize for her career investigation into Sports Therapist and Dea Krasniqi, also from Coláiste Mhuire, achieved Commended for her career investigation into Educational Psychologist. Each of the students in the winning categories won a MacBook Air laptop, those who came in 2nd place won Samsun Tablet and 3rd place students won Apple Air pods. Close to 1500 students entered the competition this year and students could enter either in English or Irish through a written submission or Vlog entry. The 33 winning entries were selected from an impressive shortlist that included a diverse range of occupations from across all sectors
PICTURES: Clare students scoop three prizes at AIB Future Sparks Career Skills Competition
