Applications roll in from jobless for college places

HUNDREDS of free college training places will be offered from this morning to people who have lost their jobs.

But Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) said last night that it has already had 40 applications for its 124 places.

The Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) is also offering 139 places, University of Limerick (UL) will offer 130 free part-time undergraduate college places and Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) will offer 90 places.