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Irish Times
18 hours ago
- Business
- Irish Times
Carl O'Brien: ‘Why many of today's apprentices are out-earning college graduates'
When Meghan Russell was in sixth year she recalls being encouraged by teachers and guidance counsellors to get a college degree at all costs. After duly completing a bachelor of science in environmental health at Technological University Dublin, she soon realised an office job wasn't for her. Two weeks ago she completed her four-year stint as an apprentice electrician with CJK engineering in Dublin. She loves the satisfaction of fitting out new buildings or problem-solving how to rewire older ones. READ MORE Meghan Russell has just graduated as an apprentice electrician. Photograph: Alan Betson An added bonus is that she is out-earning many of her college graduate friends, with a starting salary of about €52,000. With enough overtime, she says, it can rise to €60,000-€70,000. By contrast, latest figures indicate that average starting salaries for college graduates are about €34,000 for those completing undergraduate courses. Many school leavers like Meghan find their real strength lies in learning through doing. In a previous era, their opportunities were confined to apprenticeships in construction and the motor trade. Today's school leavers have a choice of some 77 apprenticeship programmes across every sector of the economy. They include new degree-level apprenticeships in areas such as ICT, financial services and insurance. They range in length from two to four-year programmes and are certified from levels five (certificate) to level 10 (PhD standard). Turnaround Latest figures show there were about 9,000 new registrations last year, the highest on record, an increase of more than 60 per cent over the past three years. These days, more school leavers realise that apprenticeships provide a chance to 'earn and learn'. Why haven't they been more popular? Some say it's snobbery. For many parents – and, by extension school leavers – there has been no cap and gown at the end of it. But it is more than that, I think. Apprenticeships, in the eyes of many well-meaning parents, seem to lack stability of employment. There's a perception that they are more at risk from the vagaries of the economy. That is changing with the advent of degree-level apprenticeships. For a growing number, they are jumping in advance of college graduates in similar fields with years of on-the-job experience under their belt by the time they finish. To find out more, visit Exams Believe it or not, it was day 12 of the State exams today. Thousands of Leaving Cert completed their design and communication graphics (CDG) exam in the morning, following by music in the afternoon. Music was a challenging paper with some familiar Irish musicians , while the general tone of the DCG exam was one of familiarity with topics that ' should be in everyone's arsenal' . Up tomorrow: Economics (9.30-12pm) and Physical Education (2-4.30pm)
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Yahoo
Mike Trout's solo home run (12)
Kansas City TikTok hoax about 'Andre Tillman' is AI-generated scam A TikTok story with Kansas City origins began circulating ad nauseam on social media last week and quickly pulled at the heartstrings. It tells the tale of 38-year-old Andre Tillman, described as a local electrician and basketball coach, who allegedly saw broken lights at the Swope Park courts and brought in a cherry picker to fix them. 1:53 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
The Sun
5 days ago
- The Sun
Racing bike rider cheats death by staying in saddle after slamming into giant seagull at 150mph
A DAREDEVIL TT rider cheated death after slamming into a jumbo-sized seagull at 150mph - and somehow stayed in the saddle. Mark Parrett, 55, was tearing through the famous Isle of Man course when the feathered missile hit him head on. 2 The 3kg bird busted his lower arm, snapping one bone in two, and dislocating his wrist. Mark, a TT veteran with 98 starts under his belt, miraculously managed to stay in control of his powerful BMW superbike. The speedster, from Midhurst, West Sussex, was airlifted to hospital after the smash earlier this month. He told The Sun: 'It's a bit of a miracle I stayed upright. 'It was a huge seagull - they're all massive on the Isle of Man - and it just shot up out of nowhere. 'I was doing 140 or 150mph so there was no way of avoiding it. I had to just grin and bear it. 'It felt like being hit by a cannonball. If it had hit me in the chest or the helmet, I'd be history. 'I was lucky that I didn't come off the bike.' Pictures posted on social media show his racing leathers drenched in bird guts. Mark, a self-employed electrician by day who now faces surgery to plate and pin the break, later joked: 'Parrett one. Seagull nil. Football rolls inches from Isle of Man TT legend riding at 130mph in frightening near miss 'It does go to show Parrett's are birds of prey after all.' He added: 'I've had enough laps around that place to know the worst thing you can do is panic. 'It's the nature of the circuit - you can hit all sorts of things.' Mark is aiming to return to the Isle of Man next year for his 100th start. He added: 'I'm getting too old to be doing this, but it's like an addiction. I will be back there next year, whatever happens.' A post on the Facebook page of Mark Parrott Racing read: 'A local seagull lay in wait for 'The Parrett' on the approach to the 33rd milestone and hit Mark on the left arm. 'He soon realised that it was rather serious when he tried to pull in the clutch and his left hand wasn't working.'
RNZ News
13-06-2025
- Automotive
- RNZ News
Aratere to resume sailing following electrical fault stand-down
The Aratere in Wellington in 2011 after it was lengthened. Photo: RNZ The Aratere will resume sailing Friday evening after an electrical fault took it out of service. The ferry experienced a propulsion fault and spent several hours at anchor in Queen Charlotte Sound on Wednesday night while a specialist electrician came to fix the problem. KiwiRail said the ferry left Picton at about 8.50pm, but then "experienced an unexpected issue with its propulsion drive" while sailing. That issue was fixed at about 1am and the vessel resumed its trip to Wellington and arrived early on Thursday. A KiwiRail spokesperson said the fault on Aratere was repaired on Friday afternoon, and the ship had completed a successful sea trial. The ferry is due to resume sailing at around 6pm. Sailings on Thursday were cancelled while the fault was fixed, and KiwiRail later cancelled sailings on Friday while it awaited technical support from the original equipment manufacturer in Auckland to diagnose the root cause of the problem. KiwiRail thanked customers and passengers for their patience as it worked to identify and rectify the fault. The Aratere is due to be retired in August. Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero , a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
The Sun
06-06-2025
- Automotive
- The Sun
Shock moment wedding guest convoy leap out their supercars & erupt into bizarre road rage row in middle of busy A-road
THIS is the shocking moment a group of wedding guests jumped out of their luxury cars in a bizarre road rage row. Footage showed a clump of supercars stopped on a busy A-Road. 5 5 The drivers and passengers were filmed yelling by an electrician watching from his van. Two men - one dressed in a cream suit and one in a grey waistcoat - left their vehicles and walked towards another car. A group of about five of the smartly-dressed men stood by a van on the road. They confronted the driver by the window, gesturing angrily. Meanwhile, the man filming was temporarily distracted by the "beautiful" cars next to him. Around five of the luxury vehicles - including a bright blue matte one - were parked on the A406. Traffic was at a standstill as the men argued in the middle of the busy road. "That was drama," the man filming said as he drove off. He captioned the video "it's all kicking off" and said in the footage: "What the hell, look at this guy. "It's all happening. Why is he shouting? "He's against all of them. They're closing the road." 5 5
