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CAO APPLICANTS WHO have been impacted by Storm Éowyn have been given an extra five days to apply for a college place.
As of this evening, around 89,000 people around the country remain without power, with ESB crews saying some customers in areas with the largest number of faults may see their estimated restoration times change over the coming days.
The Central Applications Office said that the deadline for undergraduate courses is 1 February at 5pm.
However, it extended the deadline to 6 February at 5pm for any applicants who are currently experiencing power and internet outages due to the storm.
CAO’s Head of Communications, Eileen Keleghan, said: “CAO and Higher Education Institutions have been monitoring the situation closely in relation to power outages and the impact on those who wish to make a CAO application but are currently unable to do so.
“CAO is arranging to make an exceptional facility available for those impacted by the unprecedented circumstances caused by storm Éowyn who, as a result, are unable to make a 2025 CAO application by 1 February at 5pm.”
Keleghan said that in the interim, they are encouraged all those who are in a position to apply to do so without delay.
“Those interested in applying for DARE, HEAR, restricted courses and mature entry routes will be able to do so if they obtain a 2025 CAO application number by applying to CAO using this exceptional facility. Applicants should go to cao.ie and follow the instructions,” she continued.
“For operational reasons, this exceptional facility cannot be extended after 6 February at 5pm.
Keleghan also said that while a “significant numbers of homes are without power”, application numbers are stronger than for the same period in recent years.
Applicants who have already made a CAO application have until 5pm on 1 February to add, remove or reorder courses free of charge.
If an applicant is considering applying for a restricted course, the CAO said they should make sure to include the course details in their application before this deadline – or by 1 March, for a fee of €10.
The CAO said mature applicants should also ensure they have their course choices included at this stage.
The mature section of the application form must be completed by 1 March at 5pm, and supporting documentation must be supplied to CAO within ten days of making an application, they added.
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Not going to get a straight answer from them & anyway never mind about the 10% when are we going to see the rest fall back to where it was in jan 2022. They were still making plenty of profit and still gouging us but at least we had a chance of paying it. Electric Ireland have been putting their hands in our pockets for years it’s about time we cut it off. Some of us need electricity for water that’s the sad part of it. They don’t seem to understand that we have other bills to pay. They can’t come first every time. Most of us live pay-check to pay-check. We pay bills as we go, some months you just have to sit back and be quiet because we just don’t physically have the money to give you. And no amount of texts, phone calls and nasty letters will get you the money any faster.
Show me any other necessity of life that is subject to the whims of big business like the electricity supply. It should be protected like water is. Or at least the government should give a 100% grant to fit solar PV panels. The way it is now you have to have the cash to pay for it before you can get them. I don’t know about you lot but I don’t have a spare €15 never mind a spare €15,000-€20,000
@Colm O’Leary: Your smart phone and the price of pints.
@Don Hogan: Why do you presume to know other peoples circumstances? So many are struggling, lucky you if you are not one of them.
@Don Hogan: I don’t know what the price of pints has to do with anything I don’t drink and I haven’t been out to a pub in 5 years and my smartphone is the most basic model, I upgrade only when my old phone dies which is what happened to my last phone. An old iPhone 5 I kept it going long after apple had stopped supporting it.. so if your implying I’m living high on the hog then I’m not. I’m barely scraping by.
This is crazy, this is how we’re driving young people and not only young people just the population out of this country. The big companies are skyrocketing prices and giving us no hope. Record profits year on year, draining our pockets and filling theirs.
So we can read the usual nonsense rhetoric reply….why bother??
I would but had no electricity all morning can’t change my phone still get the bill on time
Bring the whole energy sector into public ownership, then each year have a price increase equal or less than CPI %. No complaints about price gouging then.
You are in government. You have the power to do something about it. You are more than well paid by the people of this country so do something for them for a change instead of just talking about it.
The business sector was hit with hikes before the residential. In June 22 i was paying on a retail unit 55c per unit. From an initial 21c when i had opened the account the July before COVID. I believe it’s fair they reduce it as the price hikes closed us down.. if it returns to normal we wight return as well ..
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