Access Officers in Irish third level institutions

Code	HEI	Access Officer	Telephone	Email
AC	American College	Admissions	01 6768939	info@amcd.ie
AD	National College of Art and Design	Ms Finola Mc Ternan	01 6364217	mcternanf@ncad.ie
AL	Athlone Institute of Technology	Jenny Burke	090 6468123	access@ait.ie
AS	St. Angela`s College	Access	071 9195575	access@stangelas.nuigalway.ie
BY	IBAT College Dublin
CI	Irish College of Humanities & Applied Sciences	Ms Marie Mulcahy	061-216288	info@ichas.ie
CK	University College Cork (NUI)	Martin Flynn	021 4904805	martin.flynn@ucc.ie
CM	Marino Institute of Education	Louise Condon	01 8057752	access@mie.ie
CT	CCT College Dublin
CW	Institute of Technology, Carlow	Ms Aisling Mc Hugh	059 9175603	aisling.mchugh@itcarlow.ie
DB	Dublin Business School	Ms Cliona O`Beirne	01 4177500	cliona.obeirne@dbs.ie
DC	Dublin City University	Ms Colette Keogh Ms Margaret Lamont	01 700 8868 01 700 9213	colette.keogh@dcu.ie margaret.lamont@dcu.ie
DK	Dundalk Institute of Technology	Eileen Lynch	042-9370236	eileen.lynch@dkit.ie
DL	Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology	Sinead McEntee	01 2394628	sinead.mcentee@iadt.ie
DN	University College Dublin (NUI)	Fiona Sweeney	01 7161658	fiona.sweeney@ucd.ie
DS	Dorset College
GA	Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology	Ms Deirdre O`Connor	091 742129	deirdre.oconnor@gmit.ie
GB	Galway Business School	Mr Padraig Hynes	091 529000	admissions@ galwaybusinessschool.ie
GC	Griffith College
GY	National University of Ireland, Galway	Ms Imelda Byrne	091 750489	ibyrne@iol.ie
ID	ICD Business School	Ms. June Shannon	01 6333222	june@icd.ie
LC	Limerick Institute of Technology	Carolann Bargary	061-293130	carolann.bargary@lit.ie
LM	University of Limerick	Ms Deirdre O`Connor	061 234121	deirdre.m.oconnor@ul.ie
LY	Letterkenny Institute of Technology	Mr Brian McGonagle	074 9186170	brian.mcgonagle@lyit.ie
MH	Maynooth University	Grace Edge	01 708 6341	grace.edge@mu.ie
MI	Mary Immaculate College	Shirley Kearney	061 204927	Shirley.Kearney@mic.ul.ie
MT	Munster Technological University	Ms Deirdre Creedon Ms Valerie Moore	021 4335140 066 7191682	Deirdre.Creedon@mtu.ie Valerie.Moore@mtu.ie
MU	Pontifical University, St Patrick's College	Ms Ann O`Brien	01 7084519	ann.obrien@may.ie
NC	National College of Ireland (NCI)	Olivia Lee	01 4498546	olivia.lee@ncirl.ie
NM	St Nicholas Montessori College Ireland
PC	Carlow College, St. Patrick`s	Ms. Lisa Fortune	059-9153231	lfortune@carlowcollege.ie
RC	RCSI University of Medicine & Health Sciences	Ms Céleste Golden	01 402 2228	admissions@rcsi.ie
SG	Institute of Technology, Sligo	Catherine McNelis	071 9155381	access@itsligo.ie
TR	Trinity College Dublin	Ms Kathleen O`Toole	01 8963590	kotoole@tcd.ie
TU	Technological University Dublin	Sinéad Dunne (Blanchardstown) Dolores Hill (City Campus) Nicola Moses (Tallaght)	01 220 7222 01 220 7113 01 220 7145	HEAR@tudublin.ie
WD	Waterford Institute of Technology	Ms Nuala Lennon	051 302762	access@wit.ie

DARE is a third level alternative admissions scheme for school leavers under the age of 23 as of January 1st of the current year, whose disability has had a negative impact on their second level education. DARE offers reduced points places to school leavers who, as a result of having a disability, have experienced additional educational challenges in second level education.

Mature students (over age 23) or those applying based on Further Education and Training (FET) qualifications have different routes to entry and should contact individual universities or institutions directly for more information. Include profile of Courtney McGrath (featured in My Uni Life) who went through the DARE programme for her studies at Trinity College.

Register online at www.accesscollege.ie/dare/

New Course at TU Dublin

A new course has been developed at Technological University Dublin, commencing September 2021, sponsored by Pobal and supported by the Open Doors Initiative.

The course will be hosted and delivered by TU Dublin through its Continuing Professional Development programme. It is open to anyone who self-identifies as having a disability and who wishes to start their own business. However, the course is not suitable for a person who has already started their own business or simply wants to learn about entrepreneurship.

The course requires participants to have a business idea that they wish to evaluate as a sustainable enterprise. During the course, participants will cover the following topics:

• Idea evaluation
• Customer segmentation
• Customer relationships and channels
• Clarifying the Value Proposition
• Balancing business and personal well-being
• Key business activities
• Key resources and partners
• Developing financial projections
• Test marketing your idea
• Understanding legal matters
• Presenting your business plan

Read more about the Self-Employment for People with Disabilities Course.