WITH the Leaving Certificate and GCSE results just out this week, you might be interested in a career in the agri-food and land-based sector which is an expanding global industry.

The College of Agriculture Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) offers a range of courses in Horticulture, Equine, Food and Agriculture as well as Floristry, Land-based Technology and Veterinary Nursing, available full-time, part-time or through work based programmes.

To coincide with the release of results, CAFRE will host Careers Advice Events at each of its three campus locations:

Enniskillen Campus offers the widest range of equine courses in Ireland. Come along on Thursday, August 24th at 7pm for information on Equine, Farriery and work-based Agriculture programmes.

Greenmount Campus, Antrim is well known as the main provider of courses in Horticulture, Floristry, Land-based Engineering, Veterinary Nursing and Agriculture.

Loughry Campus, Cookstown, provides courses in Food Technology, Food Business Management, Food Design and Nutrition and Postgraduate courses in Business for Agri-food and Rural Enterprise. Loughry’s Careers Advice Event is on Thursday, August 24th from 3pm to 8pm, so come along and check out what Loughry can offer you.

For further information: Tel: 0800 028 4291, visit our website www.cafre.ac.uk email: enquiries@cafre.ac.uk or find us on Facebook and Twitter: Discover CAFRE

Baby joy

MANY congratulations to showjumper Louise Walsh and her husband Colm Murphy on the arrival of their daughter, Sasha Deirdre Murphy, born July 18th weighing in 7lbs 15oz.