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WATERFORD ARP GET CEATIVE IN THE KITCHEN

Students from Waterford ARP recently held a cooking day where they presented an array of dished from around the world

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 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP

Over the past ten months students of City of Galway ARP have created a very impressive blog.

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 ART EXHIBITION 2012 (GALWAY)

On Thursday 14th June, ARP students from Mayo, Galway, Kerry, Limerick and Clare treated us to a wonderful exhibition.

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WATERFORD STUDENTS SHARE TITANIC EXPERIENCE

On Wednesday 25th JulyWaterford ARP students went on a journey back in time as they visited the Titanic museum in Belfast

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 VIDEO FOOTAGE OF EXHIBITION 2012

Video footage from the recent Arp art and music exhibition which took place on 6th June 2012

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ARP ART AND MUSIC EXHIBITION 2012

The ARP art and music exhibition took place in City West, Co. Dublin on 6th June 2012

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LIMERICK STUDENTS SHARE STORIES FROM CLASS

Students from Limerick ARP share stories from their drum workshop and monopoly classes

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TALLAGHT ARP GET BACK TO NATURE

On May 18th Tallaght ARP took a trip to the beautiful botanical gardens in Glasnevin, Co Dublin

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LAOIS ARP VISIT CROKE PARK

Laois ARP recently experienced the magic of match day and followed in the footsteps of Irish sporting legends

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BALLHAUNIS ARP VISIT CLIFFS OF MOHER


On May 21st BAllyhaunis ARPjourneyed down to the Cliffs of Moher

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INTERESTING TRIVIA FROM WATERFORD STUDENTS


 

Students of Waterford ARP share some interesting facts about people, places and food

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BALBRIGGAN ARP VISIT ANCIENT SITE

On 25th April the brave Balbriggan ARP groups battled stormy weather on a cultural and historical tour of Newgrange

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CITY OF DUBLIN ARP VISIT DUBLIN CASTLE


 

To students of City of Dublin ARP share in their own words, their visit Dublin Castle

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MEATH ARP FANTASTIC FUNDRAISING EVENT


The ARP students of Meath organised an extremely successful fundraising event in aid of St Vincent DePaul 

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KAREN ARP STUDENTS GET CHARITABLE FOR DAFFODIL DAY


Karen ARP Students from Castlebar donated money gathered during English classes to charity

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ST PATRICKS' DAY 2012

Congratulations to all those who took part in the St Patrick's' Day parade this year

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RIVERDANCE STAR ENTERTAINS KERRY ARP


 

To celebrate St Patrick's Day Kerry ARP received a musical masterclass from Brenda O'Sullivan

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BALBRIGGAN ARP ENJOY ST PATRICK'S DAY


In the run up to St Patrick's Day Ballbriggan ARP were very busy honing their Irish skills

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A CLOSE FINISH AT BALBRIGGAN SPELLING BEE


 

As part of AONTAS learners' festival Balbriggan ARP held a hotly contested spelling bee

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LIMERICK ARP VISIT EXHIBIT FOR SHANE GEOGHEGAN


Last Friday our group visited the City Art Gallery to see 'A Pitch for Shane' art exhibition

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LAOIS ARP LOCAL HISTORY TOUR


Each tiny piece of history no matter how small is vital to our understanding of Ireland

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KERRY ARP VISIT SIAMSA TIRE THEATRE


On 19.01.2012 Kerry ARP visited the national talk theatre 'Siamsa Tire' where they learned about the history and development of the theatre

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WATERFORD ARP GET ROMANTIC FOR VALENTINE'S


Learners from Waterford ARP were struck by Cupid's arrow this Valentine's Day, leading to some very mushy poetry

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LIBYAN REFUGEES ARRIVE FOR CLASS


 

On Monday 28th December, a group of nineteen eager students had their first day of classes in the ARP

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KERRY ARP VISIT COUNTY MUSEUM


 

The Kerry Adult Refugee Programme class visited the County Museum on 1st December 2011.

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KILKENNY ARP VISIT THEATRE AND LIBRARY


On the 5th and 12th September Kilkenny ARP took trips to the theatre and County Library

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LAOIS VEC CELBRATE AONTAS 2012


Adult learners from a varity of Adult Education Centres throughout Co Laois VEC celebrate Adult Learners' Festival Week (AONTAS 2012)

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LAOIS ARP ATTEND MEDIA AND MULTICULTURAL AWRDS

Co Laois ARP ESOL students were among the guests at a recentmedia and multicultural award held at Dublin's Liberty Hall Theatre

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BALLYHAUNIS ARP TAKE A TRIP


 

On Wednesday 27th September all classes from Ballyhaunis Further Education Centre took a trip to Turlough House

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WATERFORD VEC -PHOTOS OF THEIR CITY


 

Students of City of Waterford VEC photographed their city recently. Here they share their thoughts on their favourite images

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CO LAOIS STUDENT INTERVIEWED AT NALA EVENT


 

ESOL student Domingas Mavacala from the Adult Learning Centre, Co Laois was recently interviewed at the National Library of Ireland

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LIAM MCCARTHY VISITS KILKENNY ARP


 

Three players from this year's All Ireland winning side visited Kilkenny ARP to introduce students to Liam McCarthy and to answer questions.

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DIASPORA CHOIR WOW AUDIENCE


 

At the recent music and art exhibition held in Galway, students of the ARP performed for onlookers

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EXCITING TIMES AT WATERFORD VEC


 

On 14th July Waterford ARP travelled to Dublin on an extremely important fact finding mission

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ART EXHIBITION A GREAT SUCCESS


 

The ARP rounded off the academic year with the staging of two Art Exhibitions in Galway and Dublin.

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COME DINE WITH US


 

ARP students from the Adult learing Centre, Co Laois recently celebrated 'World Refugee Day'

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 LAOIS ARP WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA


 

To celebrate President Obama's visit to Ireland Laois ARP created a unique work of art

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TOUR OF LEINSTER HOUSE

On Thursday 21st April, Learners from Co Laois VEC participated in a tour ofgovernment building at Leinster House

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TALLAGHT STUDENTS RECALL FESTIVAL FUN

Students of Tallaght ARP recently discussed festivals and their importance to their own culture.

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PARADE VIDEO FOOTAGE


 

Students of the ARP who participated in the recent St Patrick's Day parade appeared on TV3.

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ARP UPDATE

 

The ARP will be staging two Art Exhibitions this summer. The first will be held on the 12th May 2011 at the Radisson Hotel Co Galway.

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LAOIS VEC RECEIVES EUROPEAN AWARD

Co Laois VEC Adult Learning Centre project entitled "Getting to Grips with the English Langauge" has received a European award for language 

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A REPORT FROM CLARE VEC 

 

Clare VEC had two ARP classes in 2010 and thes group syllabus for one class was the 'Cutting Edge' pre-intermediate course

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TOP TEN TIPS FOR LEARNING

The students of Co Laois VEc would like to share there top ten tips for learning English

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KAREN WEBSITE

The Karen community in Ireland have created an exciting and dynamic website

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RECIPES FROM BLANCHARDSTOWN ARP

Students from Blanchardstown share their favourite receipes

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Adult Refugee Programme is delighted to announce that we will be taking part in the Dublin City St. Patrick's Day parade 2011.

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AND THE WINNER IS... 

The answers to the holiday bumper quiz can be seen below along with winners' names.  

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ARP VIDEO FOOTAGE

At the recently held ARP 'Exhibition and Performance Day' many of the participating students treated the audience to music, song, dance and drama.

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CONGOLESE TRIP TO DUBLIN ZOO  

 

The group of Congolese in both Monaghan and Carrickmacross took a trip to Dublin Zoo on 16th July

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CITY OF GALWAY INTERNATIONAL FOOD DAY

Students from City of Galway VEC recently enjoyed an International Food Day.

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THE CONGOLESE TAKE A TRIP TO NEWGRANGE

The group of Congolese from both Monaghan and Carrickmacross went on a trip to newgrange on Tueday 30th March

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THE CONGOLESE TAKE A TRIP TO NEWGRANGE

The group of Congolese from both Monaghan and Carrickmacross went on a trip to newgrange on Tueday 30th March

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 WATERFORD STUDENTS CELEBRATE AONTAS WEEK

To celebrate Adult learning week, the ARP group were taken on a guided tour of the grounds of Mount Congreve Gardens. 

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 CONGOLESE SETTLING IN WELL IN MONAGHAN

Monday 30th November '09 was a significant day for our group of new arrivals from the D.R.Congo.

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 ADULT REFUGEE PROGRAMME ART EXHIBITION

 SLIGO ARP ART EXHIBITION

Sligo Adult Refugee Programme ran a six week Art programme in May and June 2009. Over the six weeks the students worked with a variety of art medium such as clay, collage, printmaking and painting.  

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 CITY OF DUBLIN ART EXHIBITION


Students from Ballsbridge College of Further Education and Ringsend Technical Institute paricipated in a five week Adult Refugee art Programme

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 THE CONGOLESE HAVE LANDED!

THE CONGOLESE HAVE LANDED!

The latest group of refugees from the Congo arrived in Ireland very recently – 7th & 9th September 2009.
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 Congolese Teenagers Celebrate First Halloween

Congolese Teenagers Celebrate First Halloween

The teenage group from the Congolese refugees currently partaking in the Adult Refugee Programme in Ballyhaunis celebrated their first Halloween in Ireland with a party at the Ballyhaunis Further Education Centre on October 30th.
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KAREN DAY TRIP

A GROUP of Castlebar-based Burmese refugees found themselves in a cultural melting pot of sorts when they visited the National Museum of Ireland’s Country Life Museum at Turlough Park, Castlebar, Co Mayo recently.
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ROHINGYANS SETTLE IN CARLOW

The group of Rohingyan refugees who landed in Ireland are settling in very well in their new homes in Carlow.
ROHINYANS SETTLE IN CARLOW
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THE KAREN ‘GO FOR A WALK’ IN CASTLEBAR

More than 21 nationalities took part in the Castlebar International 4 Days Walk 2009, which this year included the Karen people.
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