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The number of students seeking places in third-level colleges has reached another record high, topping 74,000 for the first time.

A university leader has criticised other colleges for lack of progress in introducing one of the key reforms to reduce pressure on Leaving Certificate students to get top grades for third-level access.

University College Dublin has been leading the way in reducing degrees for Leaving Certificate students to pick from, but says it does not automatically mean CAO points drop.

With a splash of purple in her hair, Fionnuala Britton cut a new look for the new year and battled to an encouraging second place at the picturesque Holyrood Park for the Bupa Great Edinburgh Cross Country on Saturday.

Almost 50,000 people have been offered the chance to study on a third-level college course.

Three students have been reprimanded by University College Dublin for their role in an anti-fees protest during a visit by Taoiseach Enda Kenny in which a college vice-president was hit with an egg.

The influence of bonus points for higher-level Leaving Certificate maths is hard to judge from trends across almost 1,300 courses offering places today.

Points for more than 200 college courses have risen by 25 points this year, with science, computing, and maths accounting for almost a quarter of those.

IRELAND’S graduates of the future have used their fingers to click on computing, software and gaming courses in the hope of not having to vote with their feet and look overseas for work.

FERRYBANK’s Ann O’Shea was in record-breaking form at the Woodie’s DIY Juvenile Indoor championships in Nenagh at the weekend.

THE Irish Medical Council has said the decision by St Vincent’s Hospital and the Mater Hospital to postpone life-saving drug trials because the drug involved required the use of contraceptives is not a matter for them because it is covered by each hospital’s contract.

Cancer sufferers at a top Dublin hospital were denied a potentially life-saving drug because abstinence was not considered as a means for female patients to avoid pregnancy, it emerged today.

A BSE test which to date has earned more than €1.3m in royalty income for University College Dublin has won the inaugural NovaUCD Innovation Award.

Road to the semis: Liverpool v Wycombe

Tranmere host Southampton tonight hoping to secure a Merseyside derby against Liverpool in the FA Cup quarter-finals.