Engineering firm builds on drive to promote engineering degrees among female students. Kirby Group Engineering, as part of its ongoing commitment to and investment in diversity and inclusion, has announced the five winners of its third-level bursary programme for the 2024/25 academic year. This marks the third year of the initiative, which aims to provide […]
As young people across Ireland open their Leaving Cert results, we explore the early careers routes available to the next generation of engineering talent. In this #PeopleFirst interview we ask third-year Electrical Apprentice, Lennan Doyle, and Graduate Mechanical Engineer, Aisha Maida, the questions we are asked most by people exploring their early careers options. They
Kirby has been successfully running its graduate programme since 2015. To focus more on the engineering aspect, it decided to launch a specialised Electrical Graduate Engineering Programme in 2021. This month marks a significant milestone for Alexander as he graduates from the new specialist programme. The occasion was marked by the presentation of his certificate
In this #PeopleFirst we speak to Rosangela Condori, a second-year student at Technological University of the Shannon (TUS). Rosangela was one of four students chosen for Kirby’s bursary scheme, which was developed to promote women in engineering and launched in 2022. Rosangela has a passion for people, the environment and the impact engineering can have, both
As part of our #PeopleFirst series, we have been talking to one of Kirby’s Graduate Project Planners, Joe Ronaldson, about why he chose his profession and what he enjoys about life at Kirby. “In 2018, I graduated with an ME in Mechanical Engineering from UCD. I was lucky enough to spend a gap year in