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Want to know what our Strategy & Transactions Graduate Programme is all about? In the latest episode of our Grad podcast series we are joined in studio with grads from our SaT team! Find out some of the most common myths about SaT and what they do day-to-day on our grad programme.

Want to know all about our Tax Grad Programme? We are joined in studio with Sean Duffy, Bart Bajek, Lindsay Ryan and Alex Deane to talk all about the most common myths about joining our Tax Graduate Programme.

Want to know all about our Consulting Grad Programme? In this episode, we are joined in studio with five of our Consulting Grads to talk all about the most common myths about joining a Consulting Graduate Programme and what they get up to every day in their roles. 

Want to know all about our Assurance Grad Programme? We are joined in studio with three of our Assurance Grads Eoghan O’Dwyer, Miriam Sheehy and Lauren Duffy. They talk to us about the most common myths about joining the Assurance Graduate Programme and what they get up to every day.

Lorraine McCann (Senior Manager, Sustainability Services - EY Ireland) talks to Oisín around the question "What is sustainability?".

In the final podcast of our ‘My EY Summer’ podcast series, Kathlynn Garry, Assurance Student Recruiter, is joined in studio with Sarah-Ann Kilduff, Michael O'Houlihan and Ryan Lawlor from the winning team of the 2019 EY Summer Internship Business Challenge! Find out how team EY-Spark beat out the tough competition and took top spot this year.

In part three of the ‘My EY Summer’ podcast series Holly Perry, Student Recruitment Associate, chats to Advisory interns Kealey Hannon, Róisín McGuire and Josh Clinton about their Speak EY initiative. Find out how they spent their summer and what exactly Speak EY is all about!

In part two of the ‘My EY Summer’ podcast series, Cáit Monagher is joined in studio by Danny Brockie, Assurance intern in our Cork office, and Isabel Beacom, Assurance intern in our Dublin office. Find out how and why they both jetted off to Florida as part of their summer internship.

In part one of the ‘My EY Summer’ series, Jenny Whitehead, is joined in studio by Eppie Guinane, Kamil Dabek and Emily Guickan all summer interns from ‘non-traditional’ backgrounds. Find out how what exactly they study at university and how they got on during their internship!

Cáit Monagher, Student Recruitment Manager at EY, is joined in the studio by Martin Talbot (FSO Assurance), Carla Quinn (FSO Advisory) and Vanya Rajput (Data Analytics) all grads from our Dublin office. We’re chatting about their journey from university to EY and what they get up to everyday in their service lines.

In the latest EY Academy podcast, host Kathlynn Garry, Student Recruiter at EY, is joined in the studio with Migle Rastenyte (Audit at EY Limerick) Shannon Cullen, (Audit at EY Galway) and Patrick Duggan (Tax at EY Cork.) They discuss life as a grad in the regional offices and offer some insights on what it’s like to work at EY after college.

On the latest episode of the EY Academy Podcast Cáit Monagher, Student Recruitment Manager, and Jenny Whitehead, Senior Recruitment Marketing Associate at EY, are joined by EY's 2019 Graduate Employee of the Year, Georgina Hughes, and her manager and nominator of the prestigious award, Emma Walsh.

Georgina recently represented EY as our nominee in the 2019 gradireland Graduate Employee of the Year award. Georgina, a member of EY's People Advisory Services team, is one of our star graduates and today we share some insights into what it takes to be a top EY graduate. 

Cáit Monagher, Student Recruitment Manager at EY, is joined in the studio by co-host Kathlynn Garry, Assurance Recruiter, and Edel Walsh, Senior Manager, EY Talent Development.

In this latest EY Academy Podcast episode we're chatting about the professional exams on offer at EY and we get some insightful tips from Edel on how to prepare for upcoming exams. 

In the latest EY Academy Podcast, co-hosts Robert Stone and Cáit Monagher are joined by EY Ireland's Chief Economist, Neil Gibson.

The trio recently sat down to address the relationship between Tax and Economics. While both subjects may be studied in isolation in college/university there's an interesting link between taxation and its impact on economic growth. 

This week’s EY Academy podcast episode is all about tax. Co-hosts Cáit and Cian are joined by Martina O'Brien of the Irish Tax Institute.

They discuss the history behind the Institute, what the Chartered Tax Adviser (CTA)  exams roadmap looks like and why students should want to move into the tax field.

In this week’s Career Hub episode, Rob is joined by two of our student recruiters - Hannah Murray and Cian O'Reilly - as well as Kate Bolger of the student recruitment team. They discuss EY's plans for 'milkround' as well as offering up hints and tips for students for campus events, applications and also what to do on interview day.

Here is the final part of the 'My Summer Internship' podcast series, Rob welcomes a new co-host into the studio, Clark Wickstone, and they are joined by Kevin Blood and Grace Harris. Kevin and Grace were part of our Advisory service line for their summer internship here in Dublin. Find out how they got on including their highlights and what they will be going next.

Here in part two of the 'My Summer Internship' podcast series, Rob and Oisin are joined by Muireann McGovern and Alex Deane. Muireann and Alex are part of our Assurance and Advisory service lines for the summer here in Dublin.

Amongst other things we discuss everything from their backgrounds, their day to day role here as well as what they hope to achieve for the rest of the summer. Find out how and why they are both off to Florida as part of their summer internship.

Here in part one of the 'My Summer Internship' podcast series, Rob and Oisin are joined by Alannah Coffey and Paddy O'Grady. Alannah and Paddy have both been placed within our Financial Services Assurance service line for their summer with EY.

Alannah and Paddy discuss everything from their backgrounds, the summer internship application process, their day to day role here as well as what they hope to achieve for the rest of the summer. Find out who mentions their mom and who compares a summer internship to a buffet!

This week Rob and Oisin sit down with Louis O'Neill (Director) and Martin Treacy (Manager) and they discuss the world of corporate finance including the different funding streams available to businesses and the impacts each have on them. They also touch on what the current market for corporate finance looks like and also look back on how the recession changed everything 10 years ago.

This week Rob is joined in the studio by Derarca Dennis (Partner and Leader of Financial Accounting Advisory Services - EY Ireland) to discuss Group Accounting, past, present and future including the original rationale for group accounts.

Rob and Oisin are joined by Kate Bolger (Student Recruitment) and Sarah Murray (Summer intern 2017 and current work placement) discuss all things Summer Internships. They reveal the A – Z of summer internships, what they entail and more importantly what students get out of them and why they should apply for one.

This week’s podcast is all about International Tax. Oisin is joined by Kevin McLoughlin (head of Tax at EY Ireland) and Joe Bollard (head of International Tax at EY Ireland). Within this episode they delve into all things International tax, what it is, why it’s important, the impacts of it and also topical events happening within his space right now.

In this week’s episode, Oisin from our student recruitment team is joined by Frank O’Dea who is the Chief Innovation Officer at EY. They discuss all things innovation, new technologies now in the marketplace including artificial intelligence and robotic automation and how innovation is affecting what we do and what we offer our clients.

In this week’s Career Hub episode, Rob and Oisin are joined by Caroline McAniff - Head of Recruitment at EY to discuss what is a graduate programme, why students should do one and also touch on the future of the workplace and what skills graduates need to focus on to get them ready for it.

Hi there! Welcome to the EY Career Hub, where we spend the first episode zoning in on the fundamentals of a good CV. Rob and Oisin are joined by Kate Bolger from the EY Talent team as they sift through what a strong CV should look like and pick out the most common mistakes people tend to make when putting one together. You’re sure to learn a thing or two! Enjoy

It’s all about Data Analytics in this week’s episode of the EY Academy Podcast. The 7th episode is about the Future of Finance within the world of Data Analytics. Rob brings you this week’s podcast alongside John Farrelly who is a Director within our Data Analytics team here at EY. John reveals how Data Analytics is changing the face of finance, how it plays a part within the walls of EY, how it affects the rest of the business and how it shapes how he and his team approach client facing problems.

We bring you the 6th episode of the EY Academy Podcast and it’s all about accounting for mergers and acquisitions. This week Rob is joined by Simon MacAllister (Partner – Transaction Advisory Services) and Karl Byrne (Senior Manager - Transaction Advisory Services). Through input from our academic partners, they discuss what mergers and acquisitions is all about, the current trends in M&A and offer up plenty of advice for students thinking of going into this space.

For our 5th Episode and in celebration of International Women’s Day, Olivia McEvoy (Director of Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Service @EY Ireland) sits down with Rob and Oisin to discuss the trending topic of Diversity & Inclusion. With input from our academic partners, they touch upon the importance of gender parity, the push for equality and its relevance to a firm’s bottom line.

For our 4th Episode Ian Collins (Partner and Head of R&D Tax Services – EY Ireland) sits down with Rob to discuss some specific questions asked by our partner colleges on the subject of Ireland’s corporate tax regime.

Derarca Dennis (Partner and Leader of Financial Accounting Advisory Services - EY Ireland) joins Rob in the studio to discuss intangible assets and their impact on financial reporting.

For our inaugural episode we chat with Frank O'Keeffe (Head of Assurance - EY Ireland) about the Future of Finance and what graduates can expect in their career as Digital changes the role of the accountant.