Weekend and 1 day Workshops taking place over the coming Summer months, with our exercise and fitness expert Tony O'Brien. Courses include Sports Psychology, Strength and Conditioning and S&C Program Design. A nice opportunity to upskill and upgrade your CV.

Dublin City Council are currently recruiting for qualified lifeguards for Dollymount Beach for the summer period. The council are also recruiting for Relief Attendants for Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools for the summer period.

The Munster GAA Club day takes place on Saturday 2nd February in the INEC Killarney and Portobello Institute are delighted to be exhibiting on the day.

A big date in the diary for all those involved in GAA training - The yearly GAA Games Development Conference takes places on Saturday (12th January 2013) at Croke Park.  This 1 day conference which is attended by coaches and trainers across the GAA board including Gaelic Football, Hurling, Camogie, Ladies  Football and rounders is a  must.  In addition to the various key note speakers presenting on they day it is also the ideal opportutnity for coaches and trainers to network amongst their peers.  Key speakers on the day include Billy Walsh, Eugene Magee, Pat Gilroy, JJ Doyle and many more.  On the day their will also be practicial coaching demonstrations taking place.

Sports Clinic now open at Croke Park

Induction day for our Sports department was more significant this Autumn as our new students had the pleasure of being the first group to start their course at Croke Park.  This Autumn sees our Sports department moving over to the home of Gaelic games and Sports landmark Croke Park.  The new department is housed in the Cusack stand and over looks the impressive stadium - an amazing backdrop for any Sports student.  The full suite of Portobello sports programmes will be delivered at the new training rooms at Croke Par and Head of Operations for Croke Park Alan Gallagher was present at induction to welcome our new students and officially open the new training rooms.  The college is really excited about this new transition and look forward to working with Croke Park in the coming months.

Croke Park, the pioneers of Sporting events since 1914 are a leading name in Irish Sports and Portobello Institute are delighted to announce that this Autumn they will deliver their popular sports programmes at Croke Park.

An essential part of any full time course at Portobello Institute is to undertake a work placement. This is when our students get the opportunity to put theory into practice in a real life work sitation.  It also gives the student the ideal platform in which to network amongst potential future employers. 

Do you suffer from a sports injury or stress related muscular pain?  Then our new Sports clinic could be the solution for you.  Portobello Institute are delighted to announce the launch of their new Sports Therapy clincic.  The clinic based at our main college in Lower Dominick street will offer the public a low cost sports injury treatment serivce.

Personal Fitness Instructor and TV personality Karl Henry delivered a guest lecture to our Sports students on 15th March 2011.  Karl has a wealth of knowledge within Sports and Fitness which he spoke about in great depth to the students.  As well as running his own personal training service, Karl is a familiarface on TV as the fitness expert on popular TV show 'Operation Transformation'.  Karl spoke to the students about his experience to date and how to get started in Personal Training, the personal drive it requires and how to succeed in a challanging yet competitive career.

Portobello Institutes will form a unique link with Parnell's GAA Club over the coming months as the current Sports students will work alongside the club and all adult teams.  The relationship between the two bodies will include the following:

The Samoan Rugby team touched down in Ireland in November.  The South Pacific team took on Ireland’s rugby squad as part of the Guinness Series on 13th November at the impressive new Aviva stadium. Always eager to put their skills to good use, the Sports students from Portobello Institute worked alongside the Samoan team giving sports massages. Matt Taylor, head physiotherapist for the Samoan team said "The students at Portobello Institute were crucial in the Manu Samoa's tour recovery programme. Their manual massage therapy skills aided our players through a very tough training regime and test preparations in Dublin and we would welcome them back on the team anytime in the future".

Stephen Smith, the Senior Strength & Conditioning/Rehabilitation Coach for the Leinster Rugby squad knows a thing or too about ensuring players are at their peak condition and he will pass on some of this knowledge during his guest lecture at Portobello Institute.

This year we are delighted to welcome Enda McNulty as a guest lecturer at Portobello Institute. Enda is head of Motiv8 and recognised as Ireland's leading expert in leadership, motivation and performance coaching. He has played Gaelic games at the highest level for twelve years, culminating in winning seven Ulster Medals, an All Ireland Medal and a National League medal.

Stephen Smith, the Senior Strength & Conditioning / Rehabilitation Coach for the Leinster Rugby squad knows a thing or too about ensuring players are at their peak condition and he will pass on some of this knowledge when he visits the college on 1st December to deliver a guest leture to the Sports students.