Nine Galway students and apprentices are competing at Worldskills Ireland at Dublin's RDS which will welcome 30,000 students from 300 schools
Rokas Brezinskas from Headford, Pablo Fernández Parra from Salthill and Rinat Heffernan from Ballybane will compete in Digital Infrastructure for Sustainability
Hannah Ogundeko from Ballybane and Rory Mahony from Loughrea will contest Restaurant Service
Kalem Redmond from Headford is competing in Automobile Technology while Enda Arcos from Gort will contest Cabinet Making
Rian Kearney from Ardrahan will contest Electrical Installation while Caelum Buckley from Bohermore is competing in Sheetmetal Work
They will compete on the national stage during the live competitions at the event which opened yesterday and runs until Friday.