CAO Dates

The 2010 CAO online application facility opens on Tuesday 3rd November. From 12.00 on that date you will be able to access www.cao.ie.
Check out the Application Demo facility to practise your online application and see the advantages of applying online.
There is a discounted online application fee of €35 if you apply before 20th January. Paper applications cost €45, as do online applications submitted after 20th January.

Other important CAO dates are:

1st February 2010(CAO Closing Date)

1st May 2010 (Late Application Closing Date)

1st July 2010 (Change of Mind Closing Date)

It is advisable for mature applicants to apply by the 1st February as most colleges start looking at their mature applicants very soon after that date.

Keep an eye on this blog for future tutorials on how to complete your CAO and college applications.

Take on learning. Take on life

Why should anyone return to learning? National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) promotional video.

Further Education in County Louth

For a 'Wee County' Louth is very well serviced in terms of further education. Both the main towns in the County have their own Post Leaving Cert College (PLC) so there is coverage across the whole county.

At the Southern end (Drogheda)is Drogheda Institute of Further Education (DIFE)and at the Northern end (Dundalk) O'Fiaich Institute (OFI) Both of these colleges are managed by Louth VEC, which is the main provider of further education in Louth, and have a wide variety of course choices.

Louth also has an excellent Institute of Technology in Dundalk (Dundalk IT - DkIT). This IT offers certificates, degrees and professional development in many areas including Nursing, IT, Business and Media.