Top colleges to showcase programmes

Many of Ireland's top colleges will be showcasing their programmes at an education fair in Dublin today.

Hundreds of courses are on offer and will attract, in particular, mature students.

Organiser Kevin Branigan said the courses have a wide reaching appeal.

"It's anybody who wants to take a course or enroll a course over the next four to six weeks," he said.

"From the figures we have over 200,00 people in the greater Dublin area will enroll in a course this autumn so this is aimed at giving people more advice about that."