Students to get laptops as part of €168m Covid-19 college fund

More than 10,000 third-level students in Ireland are to get cash from a €15m fund to buy laptops or tablets to enable them study remotely, and colleges will share up to €150m to help them reopen this autumn. 

More than 10,000 third-level students are to be given money to buy laptops, iPads, and other tablets, and also to connect them to the internet so they can study from home.

Under a plan to be announced today by Simon Harris, the higher education minister, a new €15m fund will help students buy the devices, as many third-level campuses will not be fully open, forcing many to study remotely.