Over 5,000 students across the Shannonside / Northern Sound region will benefit from student maintenance grant increases after Budget 2024.
The SUSI maintenance grant, which is the main support for students attending higher education, will increase by €342 in this academic year between January and May.
Cavan has the highest amount of students that will benefit from the grant with over 1300 successful applicants.
Roscommon is just behind with 1,257 students benefiting this academic year.
Monaghan will see over 1000 students receive the grant, whilst Longford and Leitrim have 820 and 607 families benefiting from the grant respectively.
People with a household income of below €100,000 will see their fees halved as they will not only get €1000 off but will also get the €500 student contribution grant from SUSI.
Public transport half-price fares are also being extended for people up to the age of 25 to make it easier for students to commute to and from universities across the country.]
