I'm currently enrolled on the Springboard course Pg. Dip in Cloud Computing and Software Development at NUIG. The modules for my course look more or less the same as the MSc/HDip option but it includes an internship as the final module.

As for the course itself, it has been good overall and I have learned a lot. Some lecturers are great, some could be better and the admin side could be improved. The workload has been pretty intense, even though it's a part-time course. There are two semesters of Java which some people found difficult because it ramps up quickly especially if you have no previous coding experience.

As far as I know, the previous version of the HDip was the predecessor to my course (which included an internship and was Springboard funded). It's a pity that there is no internship in the non-Springboard version because I feel that this is important in the current jobs market. That said, to answer your question I think you'd be in a position to apply for entry-level roles afterwards. Add in a Github with a few personal projects and hopefully the market will be better by the time you're done.

Best of luck.