Dental outreach centre plan will deliver 'limited increases in domestic student places'

Each year, there is huge interest in studying dentistry, with college course entry determined by exceptionally high CAO points. File picture

A "promising” proposal to establish a dental outreach centre in Cork's northside would deliver limited increases in domestic student places, the Department of Further and Higher Education believes.

Discussions are currently ongoing to progress a proposal by University College Cork (UCC) to establish a dental outreach centre in Blackpool.