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Why not trade up for Tipperary?  Tipperary
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The Tipperary work force is skilled in many aspects of both industry
and commerce, particularly in the food, medicare and high technology sectors.
The county has an abundance of skilled craftsmen in all sectors of commerce
and industry.
A large well-educated, young work force emerges into the marketplace each
year from the county’s schools and colleges.
The main strengths of Tipperary are:
n A well-developed information technology infrastructure.
n A high-quality educational infrastructure.
n Strong community with a local development tradition.
n A history of good labour relations.
n Wide-ranging training facilities.
n The availability of an enterprise development infrastructure.
n A wealth of amenity, leisure and tourism facilities.
n A new 17km bypass which is at an advanced stage of planning.
Despite recent losses of manufacturing activity in the town, there have
been no instances of industrial action in the past.
Labour relations remain extremely good within the town and a positive
industrial climate exists.
Tipperary Town has an IDA industrial estate with easy access to the N24
National Primary Route.
A new IT enterprise centre has opened and is already one of the most progressive
centres in the south-east for people to start a new business.
The multimedia training centres, located both at Knockanrawley Resource
Centre and Tipperary Enterprise Centre offer highly-interactive methods
of learning and utilising the latest developments in computer technology.
All courses are approved European Driving licence (ECDL) training and
testing centres.
Tipp comes out top in education tables
Tipperary is fortunate in having an excellent academic infrastructure
catering for the educational needs of individuals from nursery school
right through to Leaving Certificate and Post Leaving Certificate (PLC)
courses.
The grades achieved at Leaving Certificate Level are well above the national
average, resulting with 60 per cent of this group receiving offers of
places in the country’s universities, colleges, technical institutes
and other training authorities.
Primary/National
There are three primary schools and a Gaelscoil within the town and nine
rural national schools within six miles.
Secondary
Secondary education is provided by: The Abbey CBS, St. Ailbe’s VS,
St. Anne’s Convent of Mercy, Rockwell College (10 miles with a daily
bus service from Tipperary), Cashel Community School (12 miles) and Glenstall
Abbey (18 miles).
Other
There are five nursery schools in Tipperary and one bi-lingual Montessori
nursery school.
Education for young people with special needs is provided in the Nagle
Centre and Scoil Cormac in Cashel with transport provided to and from
Tipperary each day.
Adult Education, Training and
Life-Long Learning
Adult courses are available at St. Ailbe’s VS, Abbey CBS and St.
Anne’s Convent of Mercy while FAS provide some of the training needs
for industry locally.
Training and employment for people with special needs is available at
the Moorehaven Centre in Tipperary Town,
e-mail info@moorehaven.ie.
IT training is provided at Knockanrawley Resource Centre, St. Ailbe’s
and the Tipperary Enterprise Centre. A number of NCA-recognised courses
are also available at St. Ailbe’s School and include business, IT,
secretarial studies and accountancy technician courses.
Third-Level Education
Tipperary Town is within 23 miles of the University of Limerick, the Limerick
Institute of Technology and Tipperary Institute (Thurles and Clonmel).
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