IES Internships - Dublin Summer Internship

I completed the Dublin Summer Internship this past summer in 2019. I worked as a business development intern for a small startup company called Restored Hearing. I worked alongside the community marketing manager on several projects throughout the summer and gained a lot of valuable knowledge. Not only did I improve my professional skills, but I think I grew as a person as well. I felt such a great sense of independence while working and living on my own in Dublin. This was a great opportunity for me to get international work experience, travel throughout Ireland and Europe, and make many new friends along the way. I had the time of my life!

I worked at a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization working with Survivors of Torture in Dublin for the summer. The company was divided into two parts; rehabilitation and integration. Rehabilitation involved working with doctors to ensure that the clients would not be deported back to their country of origin. Integration consisted of teaching English classes, music classes and similar events so that the clients could get accustomed to this new culture they were now to live their lives in. I learned throughout this internship that I absolutely want to work as a doctor. I want to work in an environment where I speak all 3 languages I know. I want diversity and to avoid routine. I became certain that I could work alongside the doctors I shadowed in Ireland and would love for all to have the experience incredible experience that I had.

This program is amazing. Not only is the local staff amazing, they do everything in their power to get some amazing internships. They do a great job at placing their interns in the correct field. Also, their activities and out of work opportunities are vast and great way to meet other people in the program and have some fun.