The careers in this section generally require a substantial amount of natural talent and a real ambition to succeed in areas that are not particularly well known for having an abundance of job opportunities.  That said, there is no reason a combination of your own skills and a quality third level education cannot endow you with healthy career prospects.

Animation, Design, Fine Art, Music, Photography and Theatre are all sectors that have grown in recent years in Ireland. With the ongoing success of the Irish economy, society has proven increasingly willing to invest and spend on media and the arts. There has never been a better time for young students to achieve their dreams of becoming the next Gabriel Byrne or Francis Bacon.

New media and computer technologies have created a whole new realm of activity in areas such as animation and design; for example, it is rare these days for any self-respecting national ad campaign to be launched without an array of accompanying graphics and website animations.

With these notes of optimism in mind, there is no reason for those of you are fully committed to a career in creativity not to pursue in full confidence a higher education programme in Art, Design, Music or Theatre.