Business and engineering fail to fill courses

DOZENS of business and engineering courses at a number of colleges have failed to attract enough interest to fill them for the coming year.

But the vacancies could be good news for almost 20,000 people who have not yet been offered any places by the Central Applications Office (CAO) up to this week.

Leaving Certificate points needed for two-thirds of business and administration courses were down on last year when Round 1 offers were made by the CAO on Monday, which was partly prompted by a fall in applicants seeking entry.