Almost 7,000 students still awaiting decision on college grant

Almost 7,000 college students are still awaiting a decision on their grant applications, with about 4,000 of them expected to qualify for a payment and hundreds more waiting to have their college fees paid.

Student Universal Support Ireland (Susi) said it has made payments of grants or fees to 31,639 of the estimated 35,000-plus likely to be eligible for assistance this year up to last Wednesday evening.

Another 2,321 were due to have their grants paid once banking details are supplied, although 1,300 of those had only been approved for a grant in the previous week.