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Turas Nua’s partnership with Generation Ireland is helping jobseekers gain skills and confidence, connecting talent with real opportunities and stronger communities.

This World Mental Health Day, Turas Nua reflects on the importance of mental wellbeing, in everyday life, work, and times of uncertainty.

Just 32% of people with disabilities in Ireland are employed. Learn how Turas Nua supports employers to build inclusive workplaces and close the gap. October is Disability Employment Awareness Month, a time to reflect on progress, but also on the challenges that remain. In Ireland, the disability employment gap is the widest in Europe. The European Disability Forum (2023 ) indicates that only 32% of people with disabilities are in work, compared to the EU average of 51%. People with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be unemployed as non-disabled peers. Inclusion is a social priority, but it’s also a national challenge.

On International Literacy Day, Turas Nua highlights how we support people with literacy and digital skills challenges through FLEX and tailored training.

Discover how Turas Nua’s Skill2Serve programme in Waterford helps young people gain hospitality training, confidence, and real job opportunities.

Discover how a Social Recruitment and Training Partner can help your business hire inclusively, train effectively, and create real social impact.

Training is one of the best investments you can make in your workforce – but only if it delivers long-term results. At Turas Nua, we combine people and technology to design training that builds skills, confidence, and opportunity.  Whether you’re hiring through social recruitment or developing your existing team, these 5 tips will help you get the most from your training programmes.

Inclusive hiring is is much more than just a box-ticking exercise. it’s a business opportunity. At Turas Nua, we help employers unlock potential through People and Technology, supporting inclusive practices that open doors and drive long-term success. Whether you’re hiring new staff or reviewing your HR strategy, inclusive hiring is a practical way to create impact through Social Recruitment, offering opportunities to those often excluded from the workforce while meeting your talent needs.  Here are five actionable inclusive hiring tips to help you build a more diverse, resilient, and socially responsible team.

Turas Nua recently marked its 10-year anniversary – a decade of transforming lives through meaningful employment support, social recruitment, training services, and community-focused partnerships. To celebrate, we brought together staff from across Ireland for a powerful and inspiring Team Day event at The Heritage, Killenard. This milestone gathering reflected our journey as Ireland’s leading social recruitment and training partner and showcased how we are addressing complex social problems through people and technology solutions.

Strategy launched on Earth Day 2025. National social enterprise has helped 62k+ unemployed people secure jobs, delivered 244 days of volunteering support and reduced paper usage by 37k sheets per annum. Other impacts include eliminating 1,302 plastic water containers, cutting 26 tonnes of carbon and conducting over 80k soil samples for farms around country.

At Turas Nua, we believe in the power of employment to transform lives. Through our Employability service, we support individuals with disabilities and health conditions in securing meaningful employment while helping businesses tap into a talented and dedicated workforce. In this article, we explore the benefits for both employers and employees.