Ballyfermot College of Further Education BCFE

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Ceili House Event Photos

Ceilí House | RTE Radio 1, 9pm Sat 19th April

Trad End of Year Gig 2025 May 1st
Art, Craft & Design Awards 2025

Art, Craft & Design Awards 2025
Black Shamrock visit BCFE

Black Shamrock visit
Synthetica

Student website ‘Synthetica’ nominated for SMEDIAS
conor hamilton

Music Grad Conor Hamilton supports Damien Dempsey
Sylvain Doreau of 2K Games awards Game Design BA student Marcin Zapedowski of Ballyfermot Campus the ‘Best Game Sting’ award for ‘Dingle Mystery’

Marcin Zapedowski wins ‘Best Game Sting’ at Animation Dingle
Photography Exhibition

Photography & Content Creation Students host Showcase Mar 26th
Active Consent is OMFG - Ongoing Mutual Freely Given

Active Consent Awareness Taining
Open Mic

Students Council presents Open Mic
Biodiversity in ETB Week

24th March | Biodiversity Meadows and Education
romey farrelly

FET Student on Washington Ireland Programme for Future Leaders Internship

past students

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  • Overall, … the RTL course was a great experience and gave me great confidence moving forward in my life

    Cheryl Finnerty

    Return to Learning

  • 2018 Graduate Tara Walsh  My name is Tara Walsh and I’m the entertainment reporter for SPIN 1038 and SPIN South West. I also present my own show every Saturday from 3pm to 7pm on SPIN 1038. My job involves writing on-air...

    Tara Walsh

    Radio Programming & Production

  • My own personal journey does not end with this course. This course and the Mental Health Awareness module has begun my path towards my end goal; with such information, advice and guidance I am forever grateful for the opportunity to...

    Yvonne Byrne

    Social Care Studies Level 6 Advanced

  • I completed both the Animation Drawing Studies (CDS) course and the HND in Illustration (AIH) and I am so grateful for everything I learned while at BCFE. I was given direction and feedback by tutors but was also given the freedom to explore my own...

    Caoimhe Hennessy

    Animation Drawing Studies & HND in Illustration

  • I have been working in RTE Radio 1 for the past ten years. I produce and present on Radio One each Saturday morning at 8.30am. I also stand in for Joe Duffy on Liveline and I also present the sport...

    Damien O’Reilly

    Media & Broadcasting

  • I didn’t do well at school, I started a course in Ballyfermot College of Further Education when I was 25. This course directly led to my being accepted by Trinity College Dublin, where I eventually attained a BA in History...

    Frankie Gaffney

    Pre-University Level 5 Certificate

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