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Newsletter Archive

Ireland’s “Future Forty” forecast warns of a tight decade for fiscal reform

Ireland’s long-term fiscal outlook, published in the Department of Finance’s Future

Irish Budget 2026: a pro-business reset for long-term competitiveness

On Tuesday (7 October), Ministers Paschal Donohoe and Jack Chambers

European Commission presents plan to boost citizens’ financial and investment skills

On Tuesday, 30 September, the European Commission unveiled its Financial Literacy

Ireland and the next EU budget: Irish key interests for the 2028-2034 MFF

The European Union’s next long-term budget, the draft Multiannual Financial

Paschal Donohoe remains as Eurogroup President for a third term

On Monday, 7 July, the 20 finance ministers of the

National Economic Dialogue: Medium-Term budgetary planning against a rapidly changing global backdrop

On Monday, 16 June, the annual National Economic Dialogue (NED) took place

European Commission presents its ambitous new Single Market Strategy

On 21 May, European Commission Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and

Council endorses ‘Invest EU’ overhaul to boost EU competitiveness

On Wednesday (16 April), EU Member States endorsed draft measures under the ‘Invest EU

European Commission presents Savings and Investments Union proposal

On Wednesday (19 March), the European Commission presented a comprehensive strategy

NTMA forecasts a continued surplus for Ireland in 2025 despite external risks and infrastructure gaps

The National Treasury Management Agency published its Investor Presentation for

Graduate Trainee (Ireland)

Preferred Start Date: January/February 2026

Dublin

Vulcan Consulting is looking to hire an upcoming or recent graduate with a passion for public affairs, policy and politics as part of our Graduate Trainee Programme. The ambitious trainee will participate in a 6–month full time programme – and will be based in our Dublin office for at least 3 days each week.

Vulcan’s 6–month structured programme will provide the successful candidate with a hands-on experience in government relations, stakeholder engagement and policy analysis. They will become a key member of our client servicing team in Dublin and will primarily assist in supporting our wide range of multinational and domestic clients in the life sciences, technology and retail sectors.

Vulcan hopes to instill insider knowledge of Ireland’s political landscape – as well as skills to collaborate with key decision makers in both the public and private sectors.

This position is remunerated – and there is potential, upon exemplary performance, for further progression. We are particularly interested in hearing from candidates who are strongly interested in developing a career in public affairs.

Skills & Experience:

A University degree (Master’s level ideally but not essential) in relevant subjects (e.g. EU Affairs, International Relations, Communications, Public Affairs etc.);
A demonstrable understanding of public policy in Ireland and the legislative process;
A strong interest in Irish public affairs; and
Excellent writing and research skills.

Personal qualities:

Be an enthusiastic team player and a quick learner;
Be able to take initiative and demonstrate proactiveness;
Demonstrate an attention to detail;
Have native-level English; and
Have excellent organisational and interpersonal skills.

Please send your CV along with a researched written exercise on a campaign of your choosing (no more than 1000 words) to ianfahey@vulcanconsulting.eu

Please outline why you chose this campaign; why the campaign worked well; what stakeholder were involved in the campaign; what you would have done differently; and what was the result of the campaign in question.

The deadline for applications is 17:00 (Irish time) on Friday, 28 November 2025.

Interviews of short-listed candidates will take place on the week commencing 1 December 2025.