Léargas is a not-for-profit organisation that operates under the aegis of the Department of Education and Skills and the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. Léargas manages European, national and international exchange and cooperation programmes in education, training and youth and community work and has been managing such programmes for over 20 years.
Leargas also works with colleagues in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Léargas currently has 40 staff based in our Dublin office. Our staff come from Ireland, Poland, France, Spain and Jamaica and have wide-ranging experience in education, training, community, youth and development work; and in IT and finance.