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Spotlight | Engineers Ireland

  • Hypocritical Environmentalism – Engineers Ireland has Form

    Hypocritical Environmentalism – Engineers Ireland has Form

    On 20th April 2023 we witnessed a cynical launch of the Chartered Environmentalist Professional Title by Engineers Ireland literally weeks after its revision to the Code of Ethics(2023) manifested the Engineers Ireland U-turn on members’ ethical obligations to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss. To put this in context, the day following the launch, 21st Read more

  • Engineers Ireland and the chase for Global Engineers

    Engineers Ireland and the chase for Global Engineers

    As in any walk of life, we benefit immeasurably both individually and organisationally from shared experiences, shared cultures and shared outcomes that can be attributed to the community of people gathered from all parts of the world. In recent years, however, Engineers Ireland has placed particular emphasis on marketing itself as the professional organisation of Read more

  • Engineers Ireland – progressively less relevant to HEA Graduate Engineers

    Engineers Ireland – progressively less relevant to HEA Graduate Engineers

    There is no doubt the infusion of Level 8 and Level 9 graduates from the third level academic institutions in Ireland as Ordinary Members is fundamental to the sustainable development of Engineers Ireland as a representative body for the Engineering Profession. Introducing new technology, learning and youthful energy combined with the wisdom from paths already Read more

  • What does Membership ‘growth’ in Engineers Ireland mean?

    What does Membership ‘growth’ in Engineers Ireland mean?

    It is perhaps fitting to review membership at Engineers Ireland, considering that in April 1967 the joint Secretariat of the ‘Institution of Civil Engineers of Ireland’ (ICEI) and ‘The Engineers Association’ (Cumann), was inaugurated.[1] The Secretary of ICEI, “Joe Fitzgerald agreed to remain and take responsibility for the expansion of the engineering science side of Read more

  • Engineers Ireland U-turn on ethical obligation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss

    Engineers Ireland U-turn on ethical obligation to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss

    Has Engineers Ireland misled its membership and indeed the public? It had Council’s approval “to strengthen members’ commitment to sustainable engineering practice and climate action”[1] from the baseline that already existed in the Code of Ethics(2018). This was also endorsed by the membership: “Climate action and sustainability were a strong theme in the responses to Read more

  • Walking the Talk

    Walking the Talk

    Following on from the recent celebration of ‘International Women’s Day‘, perhaps as a preparation for the upcoming ‘International Women in Engineering Day’ we shine a spotlight on how Engineers Ireland has ‘walked the talk’ over the past number of years. While not always described as ‘values’, organisations have long recognised the importance of possessing a Read more

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