Local enterprise needs must lead skills agenda

State training body Solas is undertaking research into the country’s regional skills requirements, and is working with the government’s Expert Group on Future Skills Needs.

“We need to understand the different dynamics of each of those markets and create links between the needs of local enterprise and local education and training provision. That is the way forward,” said Paul O’Toole, chief executive, Solas.

“The south-west has the largest concentration of manufacturing in Ireland, ...