WE ARE MOVINGAccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) is moving from Dawson Street to the CCT Education Building on Westmoreland Street from July 2015.

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AccountancySchool.ie, Independent College Dublin, 30-34 Westmoreland St., Dublin 2

Our New Location

From July 2015 AccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) will be running courses from the CCT Education Building on Westmoreland Street.

The CCT Education Building is located at 30-34 Westmoreland St. between the two most famous Dublin city streets: O’Connell St. and Grafton St.

Westmoreland St. is situated right in the heart of Dublin’s city centre, and serviced by all public transport modes including Dublin’s bus, rail and tram systems.

CCT provides one of the premier educational and training facilities in Ireland. The College is next door to the world renowned Westin Hotel.

If you would like to speak directly to one of our Heads of School about a course, please feel free to contact:

Liam DoranE: liam.doran@accountancyschool.ieT: 01 635 5800

Dave O’DonoghueE: dave.odonoghue@accountancyschool.ieE: 01 635 5800

Programme Coordinator

Monique JohanssonE: acca@accountancyschool.ieT: 01 635 5820

CIMA Programme Coordinator

Lorraine HealyE: cima@accountancyschool.ieT: 01 6355820

Introduction to AccountancySchool.ie

The Accountancy School at Independent College Dublin was established in 2007 by INM plc. The School quickly established itself as a centre of excellence for the education of Accountants, both trainees and qualified. The School has been awarded ACCA Platinum approval and is a CIMA listed Educator as well as having CPA Gold Star Educator status.

Since 2007 the College has met the strict requirements of ACCA to be continuously recognised as an ACCA Platinum approved college. The School has achieved over 123 placings in Ireland over the last 12 examination sittings including 4 first in the World prize winners.

formerly Independent College Dublin

Although now changing its name to AccountancySchool.ie the existing lecturing team will be staying in place to ensure we continue to provide the highest standard of education that our professional accountancy students have come to expect.

The ACCA Platinum award requires the college to meet stringent criteria with regards to:

» Pass rates

» Quality of lecturers

» Quality of material provided to students

» General administration and other support

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Our Name

In 2014 we changed our name to AccountancySchool.ie from Independent College Dublin. As our existing name is well established with Professional Accountancy Students we will be trading as AccountancySchool.ie (formerly Independent College Dublin) for the next few sittings.

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Our Lecturing Team Remains The SameDave O’Donoghue FCCA, MSc, DipIFR

Dave is the Managing Director of AccountancySchool.ie where he lecturers at all levels of Auditing and Financial Reporting. Dave is currently a member of ACCA Ireland committee and he is also a Director of Chartered Grind School which prepares

students to sit the exams of ACA Ireland. He spent a number of years working in Industry and Practice before he moved into full time education. Dave has been lecturing to professional accountancy students since 1996 and is recognised as being at the forefront of lecturing to Professional Accountancy students in Ireland. He has earned an exceptional reputation with accountancy students for his diligence and commitment to assisting them in passing their ACCA exams. He has lectured students placed first in the World in F7 and a number who were placed 2nd in F7 and F8. He has had numerous students who have been placed at national and international levels in F7, F8 and P7. Dave is a Fellow of ACCA and holds a Masters in Accountancy. He was previously the Course Director of Professional Accountancy at Griffith College.

Shane O’Grady BSc

Shane is a full-time Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie in the areas of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Strategy. Prior to joining Independent Colleges, Shane was a member of the Enterprise Risk Services team in Deloitte. Shane has lectured on ACA,

ACCA, CPA and IATI courses for the past number of years and he has developed an outstanding reputation due in no small part to his approachability and focus on examinations.Sandra Gleeson

FCCA, DipIFR, IATI

Sandra is a Senior Lecturer with AccountancySchool.ie and specialises in Tax, Financial Accounting and Management Accounting. She has lectured to ACCA, CPA, IATI, CIMA and ACA students since 2002. Sandra has an exam focused teaching approach and an ability to simplify the more difficult areas of the subject.

Michael Donnelly FCCA

Michael Donnelly has been lecturing accountancy students since 1998 on ACCA and other accounting course. Michael has also lectured for state bodies and other training firms. He has acted in positions of financial controller and director in retail, construction and property development companies since 1996.

Liam DoranFCCA, FCPA, MBS (Finance)

Liam is a Director of AccountancySchool.ie. He was previously a senior lecturer with Griffith College specialising in the areas of Financial Accounting and Financial Management for ACCA, CPA, CIMA and ACA. He is an immensely confident and popular lecturer.

Michelle Hourican FCCA, MSc

Michelle is a daytime lecturer with Independent Colleges specialising in Business Strategy and Financial Management. Michelle has worked with a diverse range of clients from multi-national firms to the public sector. She has experience

in the areas of Strategic Planning and Implementation, Business Process, Re-design, Change Management and IT. She is a member of the ACCA Leinster Network and has presented CPD lectures. She has had the privilege of presenting an intensive ACCA revision course to final year students in three locations in China.

Anne Kehoe FCCA, MSc (Finance), Dip IFR

Anne is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) and is a full-time Lecturer with Independent Colleges. Anne gained a wealth of experience working in financial services and industry before joining academia. She has delivered

lectures for a wide array of accounting bodies including ACCA, CIMA and CPA specialising in Financial Accounting and Financial Management. Anne consistently achieves high pass rates and has had numerous 1st placed prizewinning students.

Sean McLoughneySean McLoughney, founder of LearningCurve, is a sought after learning and development specialist, author and speaker. Recently he reached a new milestone of 12 years in business and has helped over 10000 professionals at every level to improve their performance. In addition to his work with LearningCurve Sean is a senior lecturer (F1-

Accountant in Business – ACCA) as well as a senior lecturer for IPASS. He also wrote, designed and delivers the highly successful Diploma in Managing People for the Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Sean is an internationally published author. His first book “Slave to the Clock, Master of Time” helps you to improve your time management skills. Slave to a Job, Master of your Career is his second book and it outlines how people can plan and progress their careers, even in these challenging times. Sean’s third book, “Meaningful Performance Reviews”, is published by Chartered Accountants Ireland. Paul Russell

BA, FFA, ATT, FFTA

Paul lectures extensively throughout Europe across a range of professional qualifications. His results are exceptional and he has a habit of producing prizewinners, and very high class pass rates. Harnessing over 25 years of financial experience in industry and public

practice, Paul is known for his keen interest in his students and for his approachability both in, and outside, his classes. Paul engages with his students at all levels and interacts extensively with his classes, whilst placing a real exam focus at the core of everything he does. With several recent World 1st placings in professional exams, Paul’s innovative approach is tried and tested and his commitment to helping students reach their potential is unparalleled.

Graham Crowley BSc

Graham currently works as a Senior Commercial Accountant with the Musgrave Group. He has held a number of Management Accounting, Financial Accounting and Financial Analysis roles within Musgrave. Prior to joining Musgrave he worked as an

Analyst with Fidelity Investments in Boston, USA. Graham completed his CIMA exams in 2007 and received a number of placing during the course of his own exams including two 1st places, two 2nd places and three 3rd places in Ireland. He has been lecturing in both CPA and ACCA subjects since 2008.

Aidan HartyBComm HDip Computer Science, ACCA

Aidan works as a financial accountant in Cork having previously worked in practice and in the Banking Industry. He is an ACCA qualified lecturer and has previously achieved a number of prizes during the course of his own studies including 1st place in the world in paper 3.2 Advanced Taxation.

Michael Bristow BSc (Mgmt), FCCA, DipIFR

Michael is a Senior Lecturer in the area of Management Accounting and Performance Management. He has extensive experience in the area of Management Accounting and decision making. He has lectured on both ACCA and CPA courses and worked in both

senior Management Accounting and Analyst roles. Michael is an ACCA qualified lecturer and received a number of placings during the course of his own examinations including a 1st in the world in Advanced Performance Management.

Deirdre McCooeyBComm, DPA, FCA

Deirdre is a Chartered Accountant, having trained with PWC. She has considerable experience working in the financial services industry and worked as Vice President in the financial control department of a global bank. Deirdre holds a BComm degree from

UCD and a Diploma in Professional Accounting from the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business. She has lectured to students at Independent Colleges Business faculty and is currently a daytime lecturer for F1.

Michael Barry ND(BS), ACMA, MSc(Finance), AMCT, CGMA

Michael has over 21 years of international lecturing experience, at both professional and academic levels. He joined BPP Ireland in 2003 after returning from a seven year

project in South-East Asia. Michael become a welcome addition to the professional team at AccountancySchool.ie in January 2013.

Michael brings a wealth of experience to classroom delivery producing exceptional pass rates and world prize winners. As both a Chartered Management Accountant and Treasurer, Michael specialises in Advanced Financial Management and Management Accounting across a range of professional programmes.

Michael is a former World Prize-Winner with experience in both Airline and Software Engineering Sectors. He has been a member of many Professional and Academic Boards with various institutions and designed Professional Development programmes for finance staff of listed companies in both Asia and Europe.

Veronica McInerney LLB, PhD (Candidate) BL

Veronica graduated from the University of Limerick with an LL.B (Hons) Degree. Having successfully completed all eight FE1 entrance examinations, Veronica pursued her studies at

the Bar and qualified from the Barrister at Law Degree programme at the Honorable Society of the King’s Inns. Veronica is currently a Ph.d candidate at the University of Limerick (UL) where her research focuses on the law governing Assisted Reproductive Technology in Ireland. Veronica formerly tutored at the Law School at UL and also lectures EU Law on the College’s LL.B degree programme and Research Methods on the College’s MA in Dispute Resolution. Veronica teaches ACCA F4 Corporate and Business Law.

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Facilities

Facilities in the CCT Education Building

The Classroom at the new college will be of the highest quality. They will be smaller than the classroom at Dawson Street resulting in you getting more attention from the lecturers. A College Library and other study facilities will be available to all our students.

Campus Facilities and Resources

CCT is ideally located in the very heart of Dublin city Centre’s Westmoreland St. and provides one of the premier educational and training facilities in Ireland. The CCT premises is situated on all public transport routes.

Below is the list of some of the facilities available:

» State of the art learning and teaching resources » Five floors of learning space » Ideal city-centre location » Large break out lounge for students , dinning area, student kitchen

and internet lobby area » Starbucks Coffee House on Campus » State of the art Wifi » Wheelchair accessible with 5 disabled toilets and 2 lifts within the

building » Corporate training suite » Library and Study space

Up Coming Courses

To view information on all our courses please visit our website www.accountancyschool.ie

ACCA: Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

June Exams 2015 - Revision courses taking place in May 2015

September Exams 2015 - Revision courses taking place in August 2015Please check our website to view our timetables.

Fees for revision only courses

F1- F3 €199

F4- F9 €315

P1-P7 €375

We are hosting a Fact and Fiction ACCA seminar

Tuesday 21st July 2015 at 6:00pmACCA are making a number of changes to their examination system over the coming years, including moving to 4 exam sittings per annum. AccountancySchiool.ie will deliver a seminar in conjunction with ACCA on the changes that will be introduced over the coming years in order to help you plan your studies.

Presenters: » Stephen Noonan, Marketing and Communications Manager at

ACCA » Dave O’Donoghue FCCA. Managing Director of AccountancySchool.

ie (formerly Accountancy School at Independent College Dublin)

Location: CCT Education Building, Westmoreland Street, Dublin 2

Please email acca@accountancyschool.ie to reserve a place.

Special Offers for Revision Courses (June Exams)

We are offering a 33% discount on bookings from 20th April for the May Revision courses.T&Cs Apply

Please e-mail acca@accountancyschool.ie Please note that certain subjects are already fully booked and details of the subjects that the offer applies to are available from the college.

CIMA: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Full courses commencing: 20th April 2015

Revision courses: May 2015

DipIFR Course Commencing: 15th May 2015 (December 2015 exams) The Diploma in International Financial Reporting (Dip IFR) is designed to develop your knowledge of IFRS. It provides an understanding of the concepts and principles which underpin them and their application in the international marketplace. This qualification is intended for professional accountants and auditors, working in practice and industry, who are qualified in accordance with SSAPs and FRSs and who have identified that an understanding of IFRS would enhance their qualifications to date.

Revision Courses

Prizewinners ListExam Sitting First Name Surname Paper Irish placing

2014 June Stephanie Baor F5 1st

2014 June Tara Linehan F5 3rd

2014 June Kate Newman F7, F8 and F9 3rd

2014 June Maire McDevitt P4 3rd

2014 June Gareth Murphy P7 2nd

2014 June Caoimhe Finn Top Affiliate 1st

2014 June Louise Hannigan Paper P5 and Top Affiliate

2nd

2014 June Sinead Buckley Top Affiliate 3rd

2013 December Rachael Jones F4 2nd

2013 December Stefanie Baor F8 1st

2013 December Brian Murphy P3 3rd

2013 December John Casey Chrysostomou P4 1st

2013 December Tim Briden P4 2nd

2013 December Tim Dalton P4 Joint 3rd

2013 December Donal Harnett P4 Joint 3rd

2013 December John Casey Chrysostomou P5 Joint 1st

2013 December Caoimhe Finn P5 2nd

2013 December Melanie Jolliffe 1st in P6, Top Affiliation in Ireland and overall 3rd Affiliation in the world

2013 June Orla Bolger F5 1st

2013 June Sylwia Domiter F7 2nd

2013 June Tim Dalton F9 2nd

2013 June Siobhan Gallagher P1 2nd

2013 June Fiona O’Grady P1 3rd

2013 June Gareth Murphy P1 3rd

2013 June Caoimhe Finn P1 3rd

2013 June Mohammed Hussain P2 INT 2nd

2013 June Ashling O’Regan P2 INT 3rd

2013 June Adam Grant P4 2nd

2013 June Edward Burke P4 3rd

2013 June David Duggan P5 3rd

2013 June Asta Hogan (Kelly) P6 IRL 2nd

2013 June Melanie Jolliffe P7 INT 2nd

2013 June Stephen Caulfield P7 INT 2nd

2013 June Jonathan Cunningham 2nd in P 5 and Irish Top Affiliate

1st

2012 December Matthew Wong F7 3rd

2012 December Barry Stafford F9 2nd

2012 December Dermot O’Brien F9 3rd

2012 December Sarah Jane McHugh P1 2nd

2012 December Melanie Joliffe P2 1st

2012 December John Casey Chrysostomou P2 3rd

2012 December Paul O’Farrell P3 2nd

2012 December Sarah Jane McHugh P4 1st

2012 December Eoin Gleeson P4 1st

2012 December Sarah-Jane McHugh P5 1st

2012 December Claire Cormican P6 1st

2012 December Donna Firth P7 2nd

2012 December Claire Cormican P7 3rd

2012 June Thomas Mulcahy F6 2nd

2012 June Siobhan Gallagher F8 2nd

2012 June Melanie Jolliffe F9 1st

2012 June Abdul Majid F9 2nd

2012 June Shane O’Keeffe P1 1st

2012 June Mark O’Connor P1 1st

2012 June Claire Cormican P1 3rd

2012 June Mark Lonergan P2 3rd

2012 June Enda McElvaney P4 2nd

2012 June Irena Stozek P5 3rd

Exam Sitting First Name Surname Paper Irish placing

2012 June Heidi Monahan P5 1st

2012 June Heidi Monahan P7 3rd

2011 December Melanie Jolliffe F7 1st

2011 December Stephen McKenna F8 3rd

2011 December Killian Neylon F9 2nd

2011 December Marian Flynn P1 2nd

2011 December Sharlene Mannix P2 Int 3rd

2011 December Crohan O’Shea P4 and P5 3rd

2011 December Gillian O’Shea P5 1st

2011 December Gillian O’Shea 2nd in P7 IRL and Top Irish AFfiliation

2011 June Edward Burke F5 3rd

2011 June Gillian O’Shea F8 1st

2011 June Rebecca Vaughan P1 Joint 1st

2011 June Aileen Organ P2 Joint 3rd

2011 June Deirdre Fleming P4 Joint 3rd

2011 June Vladimir Kolobov P4 Joint 3rd

2011 June Deirdre Fleming P7 Joint 3rd

2011 June Deirdre Burke 3rd in P5 and Top Irish Affiliate

1st

2011 June Sinead Grogan 2nd Placed Trainee Professional

2nd

2010 December Thomas Willow F7 2nd

2010 December Niall Murphy P4 Joint 1st

2010 December Colm Hannon P4 2nd

2010 December Oliver Kubacka P4 3rd

2010 December Miriam Hynes P5 Joint 3rd

2010 December Margaret Dempsey P6 Joint 2nd

2010 December Dermot Kennedy P6 Joint 3rd

2010 December Michelle Scott Joint 2nd In P5 and Third Placed Trainee Professional

3rd

2010 June Gilian O’Shea F4 Irl 3rd

2010 June Mark Higgins P5 3rd

2010 June Colm Hannon P6 Irl 1st

2010 June Leo Norris Top Affiliate 1st

2010 June Eugene Martin

Moriarty 1st in P7 Irl, 2nd in P5 and Top Irish Affiliate

2009 December Joanna Sochacka-Gurgul F5 1st

2009 December Mary Conneely F8 Joint 1st

2009 December Joanna O’Reilly P2 3rd

2009 December Michelle Scott P2 1st

2009 December Heike Albuschies P4 2nd

2009 December David Endersen P4 Joint 3rd

2009 December Joanna O’Reilly P4 1st

2009 December Bartosz Tobolski P5 2nd

2009 December David Endersen Joint Top Affiliate 1st

2009 December Mary Power 3rd in P7 and Joint Top Irish Affiliate

1st

2009 June Simon Neilson F7 3rd

2009 June Kenneth Kilmurray F9 2nd

2009 June Aisling Kavanagh P1 1st

2009 June Bartosz Tobolski P1 2nd

2009 June Anna Pluta P2 1st

2009 June Mark Kelly P2 3rd

2009 June Jeanine Nolan P4 3rd

2009 June Gayle Dunne P5 1st