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  • 09-06-2015 10:48pm
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    TallGlass
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    Hi there,

    I am on looking to keep another option open for employment which is the Garda. I am in band 2 at the moment and I am short one language. I notice Kilroy's college do distance learning course for Irish, French, Spanish and German. Has anyone any experience doing a repeat this way?

    Also which would be easiest to do? I done Irish in School to LC level and French to JC level. I have a German friend in work who I think would be more than happy to guide me with German if I was to go with that, which is good in a way.

    I'm also interested in doing something medical which would require me to go back to repeat the LC I have found a 2 year full time course, which I wouldn't mind as a better LC would do be good in the long run I would imagine, I'm 25 but anything medical is point based as I have a bad leaving cert so the mature option isn't really there!

    Also I have been accepted in a IT degree course in DIT, so I am not sure what to do. I feel under pressure as this is all starting up in September!

    Anyone any ideas?


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    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    I have gotten an answer on this from doing some searching around the forum on this. Cheers.

    Seems they are pretty poor courses at inflated rates.


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    paperclip2
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    Your two languages can be English & Irish for the Gardai. If you have done both of these to Leaving Cert and meet the other educational requirements, i.e minimum of 5 LC subjects passed at Ordinary level, then you may not need to do a third language.


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    TallGlass
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,935 ✭✭✭TallGlass


    paperclip2 wrote: »
    Your two languages can be English & Irish for the Gardai. If you have done both of these to Leaving Cert and meet the other educational requirements, i.e minimum of 5 LC subjects passed at Ordinary level, then you may not need to do a third language.

    Yes I meet the other requirements, just missing Irish I done foundation level so would need Irish or I was think if it would be better to do another European Language? As it might be easier to grasp and easier to pass in the LC.


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