Up to 8,000 students to miss out on getting college grants by year’s end

About 8,000 students fewer than promised look set to get their college grants before the end-of-year deadline set three weeks ago.

The agency whose systems have been blamed for delays gave a commitment last month that 33,000 students would be approved for payments by the end of December.

Student Universal Support Ireland (Susi) insists it has the capacity to meet that target, but says students are not sending all the necessary documents to have their applications finalised.