Record 80,400 applicants to receive third-level college offers

Third-level colleges have begun filling courses for the autumn as the first of the record 80,400 applicants receive offers this morning.

The Central Applications Office has offered 6,398 people places on college courses this morning.

While Leaving Certificate students and most others must await their results on August 17, before the main CAO activity, these ‘Round A’ offers are made each year to applicants from a small number of categories.