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Discover Your Future at the Rathmines College Open Day!

Thinking about your next move? Whether you’ve just finished school or thinking of jumping back into education, our Open Day is the perfect place to start. You will have the opportunity to chat with course tutors and find out about the courses on offer at Rathmines. We offer a range of courses with great options for progression to 3rd level and full-time employment. Open days are running from 10am-3pm, everyday, from September 7th.

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08 August, 2026

Graduation 2026

It was standing room only in The Round Room, Mansion House for the City of Dublin FET Rathmines, Central Campus graduation. Teachers, family and friends came together to congratulate the Class of 2026 on their academic achievements at the annual presentation of awards.

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05 May, 2026

Sustainability

Sustainability is the practice of using resources in a way that meets current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs. It involves balancing environmental protection, economic health, and social equity—ensuring that our actions today do not deplete natural resources or cause long-term harm.

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04 April, 2026

Belgrove Cup Goes To Rathmines College!

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04 April, 2026

From Rathmines College to National College of Ireland – My Journey in Business

Our Level 5 English and IT graduates write about their experience in Rathmines College, as International students

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03 March, 2026

Rethinking Fashion: Highlights from our ‘Circular Economy’ Panel Discussion

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03 March, 2026

Your Gateway to University: Computer Science Progression Success 2025

Commerce in UCD was the No.1 CAO choice for our 2025 business and finance graduates. With many securing their top choice, it has been a very successful year for the our graduates, who are now entering 3rd level and pursuing careers in business and finance through apprencticeship programmes.

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03 March, 2026

From the Classroom to the Stuart Court: Richard Maher Launches New Biography, ‘Sir Charles Wogan’

We are thrilled to celebrate a major milestone for one of our own; Richard Maher, a dedicated member of our teaching staff at Rathmines College of Further Education, who officially launched his highly anticipated new book: Sir Charles Wogan: Jacobite, Soldier, Royal Agent & Man of Letters.

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02 February, 2026

Sustainable Innovation: A Visit to the Rediscovery Centre

Our Business and Marketing students recently traded the classroom for the Rediscovery Centre in Ballymun, the National Centre for the Circular Economy. This field trip offered a fascinating look at how sustainability can be the heartbeat of a successful business.

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01 January, 2026

Careers Fair 2026

The energy was electric in Rathmines College on **Thursday, 22nd January**, as we hosted our annual Careers Day. For our students, it was a fantastic opportunity to step out of their daily routine and engage in meaningful, face-to-face conversations with industry leaders.

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01 January, 2026

Christmas at Rathmines College

Seasons Greetings from All @ Rathmines College- with Bake off and Christmas Jumper Day, the Holiday Seasons has officially started at Rathmines College

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12 December, 2025

DCU QQI FET Open Day

Our marketing students benefited from a trip to the DCU QQI FET Open Day on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, gaining key insights into progression opportunities.

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12 December, 2025

Another Victory- this time over RCSI💪⚽

We are through to the semis-final stages with another fantastic victory, over RCSI this week! 💪⚽ Well done to everyone involved🔥👏

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11 November, 2025

College Awareness Week- Nov 17th-23rd

As we celebrate **College Awareness Week** (November 17th - 23rd), a nationwide initiative to help students explore their options for further and higher education, there's no better time to look at the incredible progression paths our students create for themselves here at Rathmines College. #CollegeAwarenessWeek

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11 November, 2025

Give ’em Pumpkin to talk about- RAG Day at Rathmines

23rd Oct 2025 was quite an unforgettable day, everyone including the teachers were dressed up in incredible Halloween costumes and the Rathmines college had its spook on, decorations, music, snacks and activities and the highlight of the day the magic show (no one can forget when he shoved himself in the big balloon, quite impressive).

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11 November, 2025

Halloween at Rathmines College

🎃 Rathmines College's RAG Day on Oct 23rd was a "fang-tastic" success! Students enjoyed Halloween costumes, table tennis, a magician, and PS5. Marketing students conducted interviews. View the photo gallery for all the ghoulish glamour!

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10 October, 2025

Victory over DCU 💪⚽

We kicked off the season in style with a fantastic victory over DCU this week! 💪⚽ Perfect weather, great football, and an even better result. ☀️ Well done to everyone involved — what a start! 🔥👏

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10 October, 2025

2025 Business & Finance Graduates Progress to UCD

Commerce in UCD was the No.1 CAO choice for our 2025 business and finance graduates. With many securing their top choice, it has been a very successful year for the our graduates, who are now entering 3rd level and pursuing careers in business and finance through apprencticeship programmes.

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08 August, 2025

2025 Marketing Graduates Progress to DCU & TUD

Marketing, Innovation and Technology at DCU was the No.1 CAO choice for our 2025 marketing graduates. With many securing their top choice, it has been a very successful year for the marketing course.

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08 August, 2025

What’s it like to be an International Student at Rathmines College?

Our Level 5 English and IT graduates write about their experience in Rathmines College, as International students

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08 August, 2025

Graduation 2025

It was standing room only in The Round Room, Mansion House for the City of Dublin FET Rathmines, Central Campus graduation. Teachers, family and friends came together to congratulate the Class of 2024-25 on their academic achievements at the annual presentation of awards.

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05 May, 2025

Evening School Autumn Enrolment -Now Open

We are offering a selection of Evening courses at Rathmines College this Autumn. Apply online from Mid July

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05 May, 2025

A Huge Week for Sport @RathminesCollege

Swimming, Basketball and Football - an incredible run of success!

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03 March, 2025

Congratulations!

ATI Class of 2025

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02 February, 2025

5k -College, Community & Charity Event

Our hugely successful Charity 5k event took place on Thursday, Feb 6th. With a great turn out from both students and staff, the weather was perfect for running and walking, creating a fantastic community atmosphere both in the college and in the local area.

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02 February, 2025

Erasmus Students Depart for Malaga and Nantes

Wishing our Erasmus + students the best of luck as they travel to Nantes and Malaga this week. We hope everyone has a great experience and a lot of fun.

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02 February, 2025

Rathmines College 4 – O TUS Midlands

Rathmines into the Cup Semis- Match report by Darragh McCann (Media Student).

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02 February, 2025

Pop up with a Purpose- We need your Stuff!

The Rathmines Thrift Shop will return for one week only on the 3rd of March! Working in collaboration with our partner, Oxfam, we are looking forward to discovering unique stock items in our Oxfam Collection stations.

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01 January, 2025

Hiking Trip to Glendalough

Our accountancy students enjoyed a winter walk in Glendalough,

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12 December, 2024

Rathmines College 4-0 DCU

Rathmines College defeated DCU 4-0 with a dominant performance from start to finish, showcasing their attacking prowess as they advanced to the semi-finals.

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11 November, 2024

Trinity Accesss- Applications Now Open

On successful completion of this course, students can progress to 1st year degree courses in Arts and Social Sciences in TCD. Rathmines is one of only 3 colleges offering students this direct route to degree courses in Trinity College Dublin

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06 June, 2024

Graduation 2024

Congratulation to our 2024 Graduates

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05 May, 2024

10 Reasons to Consider doing a PLC course

Read about the advantages of doing a PLC course, brilliantly described by one or our alumni, Barry Walsh: Barry, Founder at FocusonDiversity.ie and recently awarded the ETBI Alumni Honouring Excellence Award, talks about the many benefits of going the PLC route- we couldn't have put it better ourselves!

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04 April, 2024

New Sustainability & Business Course

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04 April, 2024

Rathmines College Raises Over €500 for Oxfam Ireland

Raising €566 for Oxfam Ireland, the thrift shop run by our Level 5 Marketing students was a huge success. By selling pre-loved items, this initiative not only raised money for a a great cause but helped students learn about the importance of sustainability. All promotional activities were run by our innovative students including social media marketing, personal selling, sales promotion PR and poster design. A branding style guide was created for the shop and it was a real team effort with both staff and students donating stock through our collection stations in the college.

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04 April, 2024

Thrift Shop- Training with Oxam

A Big Thank you to Jill and Sarah from Oxfam Rathmines who welcomed our students into their busy shop and store room for training. We benefited from their experience regarding pricing, display and stock sorting and we are all prepped and ready to go for our the launch of our Pop Up Thrift Shop on March 5th. All proceeds going to Oxfam Ireland.

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02 February, 2024

Thrift Shop

From March 4th to the 6th Rathmines College in collaboration with Oxfam will be hosting a thrift shop to raise money for charity. If you would like to donate your unwanted clothes, jewellery, shoes, books etc. They can be left in our donation bin in Rathmines town hall. The shop will be setup in Rathmines college in room 1 and prices will range from €1- €8.

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02 February, 2024

Amazing News | All Course Fees Now ONLY €50

You Spoke, We Listened | Improving Access to Education for All | Rathmines College course fees for the 2023-24 academic year have been reduced to a flat fee of €50

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06 June, 2023

New Course – Advanced Business & English – Level 6

Level 5 graduates of the English and IT course can now progress to this new Level 6 Advanced course. Course includes Business, IT and English modules. Perfect your English and gain a QQI Level 6 business qualification to enhance your employment options and/or prepare for progression to 3rd Level.

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05 May, 2023

Rathmines College Launches NEW Short Courses under the Skills to Advance programme

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02 February, 2023

City of Dublin ETB to receive €500,000 cybersecurity support

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10 October, 2022

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