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.

Portobello Institute are delighted to announce the appointment of Charlie Dayman as the new College Director.  In his position he brings over 25 years of senior management experience, 12 of which is within the education sector as Director of Academic Affairs. He was awarded his Masters of Business Administration from Dublin City University in 2000 and received his BSc in Management from Trinity College in 1998.  During his academic career he has lectured on programmes from Level 5 to Level 9 (Masters) and has developed quality assurance documents which have been submitted to and approved by both FETAC and HETAC.  He has developed programmes to Level 7 on the Irish framework, and to Masters Level on the UK framework.  On being appointed Director he says "I am looking forward to working in an ever changing environment with passionate people, who are passionate about quality education.  That sums up what Portobello Institute is". 

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:

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.

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.