Guides
Practical, up-to-date guides on every route through Irish education and into work. Written to be read in minutes, not hours.
Best Career Guidance in Tipperary
The best career guidance options in Tipperary, 2026 ranked. Tipperary's a big, split county, and career guidance provision can vary sharply from one school to the next — here's what actually closes the gap.
Best Career Guidance in Limerick
The best career guidance options in Limerick, 2026 ranked — why good guidance is so hard to find, and the affordable platform I'd point a Limerick student or parent to first.
Best Career Guidance in Kerry
The best career guidance options in Kerry, 2026 ranked. Kerry's tourism economy and spread-out geography both make finding real career guidance harder than it should be — here's what I'd actually use.
Best Career Guidance in Galway
The best career guidance options in Galway, 2026 ranked. Galway has a university and a big medtech job market — so why do so many parents still struggle to find proper career guidance for their kids?
Best Career Guidance in Dublin
The best career guidance options in Dublin, 2026 ranked. More schools, more students, higher private coaching fees — Dublin's career guidance problem is the national one, just bigger and pricier.
Best Career Guidance in Donegal
The best career guidance options in Donegal, 2026 ranked. Donegal's distance from the rest of the country makes the guidance gap even harder — here's why, and the affordable platform I'd try first.
Best Career Guidance in Cork
The best career guidance options in Cork, 2026 ranked. Cork has UCC, MTU and a huge job market — so why is decent career guidance still so hard to get? The honest picture, and what I'd use instead.
Best Career Guidance in Clare
The best career guidance options in Clare, 2026 ranked. Clare sits between Limerick and Galway with Shannon's jobs on its doorstep — but that doesn't make finding real career guidance any easier.
Why Our School Is Moving to CourseCompass for 2026/27
We're switching our guidance department to CourseCompass's School Package this year. Here's what convinced me, what it actually includes, and what it costs.
What This Year's CAO Points Actually Teach Our 5th Years
Points rose on 627 courses in 2026 even though grades fell. A guidance counsellor on why that happened, and the lesson worth teaching now, a full year before it matters.
CAO Round 2, 2026: What the Numbers Are Actually Telling Us
3,428 Round 2 offers, 184 courses down on Round 1, and a reply deadline of Wednesday. A guidance counsellor's read on what actually moved this week.
The 5 Tools I Would Recommend to Every Guidance Counsellor in Ireland
A working guidance counsellor's toolkit: five websites and platforms that make Irish career guidance conversations better — and how to use each one.
The CAO Points System Is Somehow More Complicated Than It Needs to Be
A teacher on why students struggle to work out their own CAO points — and an open feature request for a predicted points calculator.
The Leaving Cert Is Changing, and Students Need to Know What That Actually Means
Senior Cycle Redevelopment explained: which subjects change when, what the new assessment structures mean, and the questions every student should be asking.
Starting 5th Year in 2026? Here Are the Things You Actually Need to Know
A guidance counsellor's practical advice for students entering Senior Cycle in September 2026 — what's changing, what to focus on, and why you don't need your whole future figured out.
What I Actually Want Students to Bring to a Guidance Meeting
You don't need answers before a guidance appointment — you need questions. A counsellor on how to get real value from a guidance meeting.