Significant increase may place upward pressure on high-demand CAO points courses
The CAO recorded 83,447 applications at the close of its exceptional application deadline, up from 77,049 at a similar stage last year. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw show there were a total of 83,447 applications at the close of its exceptional application deadline this week, up from 77,049 at a similar stage last year.
‘We’ve lost 11 days of school ... attendance has collapsed’: Principals on the enduring effects of Storm ÉowynThe CAO’s normal closing date is February 1st at 5pm. However, an exceptional application facility was introduced this year for those affected by Storm Éowyn. In most cases, applicants have until July 1st to finalise their college course choices, apart from a number of “restricted” courses which require portfolio work to be submitted earlier., meanwhile, has confirmed that no places will be offered through the CAO for new courses in pharmacy or veterinary medicine which were announced last year.
“Applications for both courses are planned to open through the CAO in November 2025 with the first cohort of students commencing in September 2026, subject to meeting academic validation requirements and the regulatory requirements of the Veterinary Council. Both institutions are actively working towards this,” it said.
A planned expansion of existing medical programmes – as part of an agreement with the medical schools to deliver 200 additional places between 2022 and 2026 – will take place. Meanwhile, the CAO says most applicants for college places this year who have already applied will have opportunities to change their course choices in May or June for no extra charge.Lecturers at Dublin music college that spawned Fontaines DC to strike over redundancies
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