26 new national apprenticeships have been approved in a wide range of areas.
They are across a range of sectors from animation to healthcare to agriculture.
It is part of a €122m investment in apprenticeships in 2018.
Colin Farrelly who is in his 4th year of an apprenticeship in aircraft maintenance engineering for Aer Lingus.
He says there is a lot of misinformation about apprenticeships.
He said: "There definitely is a stigma behind it.
"I don't think people understand that an apprenticeship leads you to a real job and gives you real learning just as much if not more real world learnig than a college degree.