New Internship & Educational Travel Website Launched

Irish Education Partners (IEP) today announced the launch of a vibrant new website to showcase our internship services, and improve communications with our business partners, host organisations and host families.

"With hundreds of creative young people passing through our offices, we had no shortage of feedback and suggestions for this website upgrade" notes Debbie Flynn, Managing Director of IEP.

The website has comprehensive information for:

:: host organisations

:: universities and international internship agencies

:: interns

:: host families

Powered by the Webmedia content management system (CMS), the website will be updated regularly with:

:: success stories from our interns

:: featured internship positions

:: tips and case studies from host organisations

The website also features an extranet for providing detailed information for international business partners.

Interns: Ambassadors for Ireland

The enthusiastic young people who come to Ireland on internship programmes not only contribute to our tourism sector during their stay, they become outspoken ambassadors for our country on their return home.

The individuals who participate in our internship programmes are typically young, educated and outward-looking. They generally stay between two and six months in Ireland, and during that time they usually take the opportunity to visit the whole country as tourists. They are often joined by family and friends from their country of origin during these trips.

A recent group of interns supporting Guinness

So, internship programmes make a positive contribution to the tourism sector in Ireland.

Much more interesting, however, is that having lived here, these young people are perceived as experts on Ireland by their friends, family and acquaintances. In overwhelming numbers, they also have huge affection for our country and culture, and they return time and again to Ireland throughout their lives, this time bringing others and spending more on accommodation, restaurants and so on.