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Guest speaker Martin Stapleton, a director of Kilkenny-based CDS Architectural Metalwork, who spoke of the skill and value today’s apprentices are bringing to industry.
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KCETB Graduate Apprentices Pictured are graduate apprentices from Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) who were presented with their awards at the recent National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east region at Lyrath Estate Hotel, Kilkenny. The event was hosted by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) for the region and supported by SOLAS, Tipperary ETB, and Waterford and Wexford ETB. Pictured with the apprentices are (front row, from left): Guest speaker Martin Stapleton , a director of Kilkenny-based CDS Architectural Metalwork; KCETB Director of Further Education and Training Martha Bolger; KCETB Chief Executive Eileen Curtis; Mayor of Kilkenny, Cllr David Fitzgerald; Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan, TD; Director of the National Apprenticeship Office Dr Mary-Liz Trant; KCETB Training Services Manager Mary Prior Butler and JJ Kavanagh, (far right).
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Mayor of Kilkenny Cllr David Fitzgerald and Mayor of Waterford Cllr John O'Leary
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Graduate Commis Chef Apprentices (scroll down for photo) Pictured at the National Apprenticeship Awards 2022 for the south-east region hosted by Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board (KCETB) at Lyrath Estate are the first-ever commis chef apprenticeship graduates, following its introduction by KCETB in 2018. Back row, from left: Stuart Dunne Maher (Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny); Mark Gaffney (Commis Chef Instructor, KCETB); Michael Gaule (Kelly’s Hotel, Rosslare); Kelly’s Hotel Executive Chef Eugene Callaghan who was guest speaker; Garret Brennan (Avalon House Hotel, Co. Kilkenny); Peter Thorpe (Talbot Hotel, Wexford); and Cormac Donal Keane (Woodford Dolmen Hotel, Carlow). Front row from left: KCETB Training Services Manager Mary Prior Butler: KCETB Chief Executive Eileen Curtis; Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage Malcolm Noonan, TD; KCETB Director of Further Education and Training Martha Bolger; Graduate Apprentice Chef Hannah McCann (Ballynahinch Castle, Co. Galway) and Director of the National Apprenticeship Office Dr Mary-Liz Trant.