Thousands of Leaving Cert students are set to receive their first- round CAO offers today.
Despite meeting the requirement, there’s concern some students will miss out on a place, due to a random selection lottery system.
At 2 o’clock this afternoon, over 80 thousand people will find out if they’ve received their first-choice college course, as the initial CAO offers are released.
For the applicants who sat this year’s leaving cert, they’ll have to deal with the impact of grade-inflation - which has resulted in a squeeze on places.
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Cork Chamber says businesses are looking at every option possible in an effort to keep their doors open as energy prices continue to rise.
The group are calling on the government to introduce "significant measures" to support businesses and say many are facing energy bills that are five times higher than usual.
Energia became the latest provider to increase their prices ahead of the winter yesterday.
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The co-leader of the Social Democrats says the sale of Siteserv was 'manipulated' and 'lacked integrity from the beginning.'
A report into the sale of Siteserv to a company controlled by Denis O'Brien has found Siteserv's decision to offer him exclusivity on the deal was "tainted by impropriety."
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Police in Canada say the second suspect in a mass-stabbing which killed 10 people has died after being arrested - two days after his brother was found dead.
Officers stopped Myles Sanderson's car in Saskatchewan ((pron: suh-SKA-chuh-wun)) after he spent four days on the run.
It's understood his injuries were self-inflicted.
