Irish Academy of Public Relations

The Irish Academy of Public Relations is an Irish training provider specialising in public relations and communications. It was founded in 1991 by Ellen Gunning, who is its CEO and the author of the textbook Public Relations, A Practical Approach. In the 1990s the Academy taught PR and journalism courses at University College Dublin (UCD), University College Cork (UCC) and Galway Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT), and it later widened its courses to cover a broad range of communications topics.

• Professional diploma and certificate courses
• Online continuing professional development (CPD) courses
• Training for companies
• Training for charities and NGOs

The Academy works with partners that include evening classes in Irish colleges, the e-Learning Academy in Greece, Dorben Polytechnic in Nigeria and Orient Planet Academy in the United Arab Emirates. According to the Academy, it has graduates in 53 countries and tutors on three continents.