Susi website crash sees grants deadline extended

Officials overseeing the centralised student grant system have been forced to extend the application deadline for those seeking the support after an embarrassing technical ‘crash’.

The Student Universal Support Ireland (Susi) system, which has been dogged by problems and delays over the past year, will now accept applications until midnight on Monday.

The decision to extend the deadline came after the system’s website crashed for two hours on Thursday evening, preventing hundreds of last-minute applications from being lodged.