Foreign student increase to boost Irish colleges

Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan plans to almost double the number of foreign students to boost the income of ailing colleges and universities in the coming years.

A third-level strategy due to be published in the coming weeks has set out a significant increase in the numbers of international students entering our system in the next five years.

Increasing the number of foreign students who choose to study here would bring an extra €720 million into the economy, Ms O’Sullivan said.