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Irish Times
20-05-2025
- General
- Irish Times
CAO 2025 calendar: Important dates for college applications
May 6th: The CAO change-of- mind facility opened, enabling applicants to amend, or list for the first time, their course choices. Candidates get a statement of application record online in the correspondence section of their CAO account, before the end of May, listing all details supplied by applicants to date. Applicants must inform the CAO immediately if they do not receive this record, or if there are any errors. June 4th: Leaving Certificate written examinations begin and will continue until late June. On the day of the final Leaving Cert written paper, applicants aged under 23 who sat the Hpat test in February receive their results to enable them to factor these marks into their final consideration of course choices before the July 1st CAO deadline. July 1st (5pm): Change of Mind closes. This is the final date for any amendments to course choices and order of preference on all CAO applications for entry to college. July 4th: The CAO makes about 6,000 offers to mature (over-23) applicants, and to applicants who accepted and then deferred college offers of places in 2024. These offers are made online only at and remain open for about a week. Mature and deferred applicants who may be away from home should ensure any offer in early July is dealt with, as offers lapse if not accepted within the specified time. READ MORE August 7th: Round 0 offers will be issued to graduate entry medicine applicants, additional mature applicants, deferred and Access applicants, and applicants presenting QQI FET/FETAC qualifications for consideration for entry to courses with a quota for applicants. August 22nd: T he State Examinations Commission (SEC) delivers 2025 Leaving Cert results to more than 730 second-level schools, and makes them available on from noon. A full analysis of the results will be provided in the supplement in The Irish Times. Immediately following the release of Leaving Cert results an application to view scripts can be made online only on the SEC Student Portal. August 27th: The CAO releases round one offers online at 2pm. Minimum points required for entry to each course will be available on the CAO website. The Irish Times will provide extensive online and print coverage for the following number of days. Leaving Cert students who are unhappy with a grade they received and wish to view their marked exam scripts may do so online shortly afterwards. There is no charge for viewing your marked exam scripts. Students wishing to appeal the result in one or more Leaving Cert subjects can apply online through the SEC Student Portal between these dates. September 2nd: Closing date for receipt of acceptance of CAO round one offers. Acceptances must be submitted by 3pm. September 8th: The CAO makes round two offers available to applicants online. The minimum points required for entry to each course are released on the CAO website on that date. September 10th: Closing date for receipt of acceptance of CAO round two offers. Shortly afterwards, results of Leaving Cert appeals released by the SEC. Final offers of places by the CAO will be made in the days following. NOTE: The arrival of a physical letter from the CAO in May outlining all details held by them relating to the applicant or an offer notice by post in July or August are now things of the past. All notices are sent directly to the applicant's account within the CAO website * The dates for entries marked with an asterisk have not yet been announced. Leaving Certificate students and all other CAO applicants are advised to check both the State Examinations Commission ( and websites for further updates.
Agriland
07-05-2025
- General
- Agriland
DAFM launches survey for ‘forgotten farmers'
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has launched a survey to inform a scheme to support long established young farmers, commonly referred to as 'forgotten farmers'. This is a group of farmers who had set up in farming before 2008, were under the age of 40 in 2015, held no or low value payment entitlements under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). They were also not eligible for young farmer supports under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) from 2015 due to the date they had first set up in agriculture. Forgotten farmers As part of Budget 2025, the department was allocated €5 million to provide support to the forgotten farmers group. DAFM said that a key first step in this process is to launch the online survey to assist in determining the number of farmers who meet the long-standing criteria for forgotten farmers. The online survey will allow individuals who meet these criteria to register their interest with the department. The online survey, in preparation for the scheme to support long established young farmers, can be accessed at and will remain open until Friday, May 30, 2025. In order to complete the survey questions, farmers must meet the following criteria: Have submitted a Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS) application under a herd number on which you are included in the year the proposed scheme will operate; Have submitted an application under the BPS in 2015 under the herd number on which you are included; Be aged no more than 40 in 2015; Have set up as the head of an agricultural holding for the first time on or before December 31, 2007; Have successfully completed a recognised agricultural education course at FETAC Level 6 or equivalent by May 29, 2015; Did not previously benefit under the Young Farmer Installation Aid Scheme (Installation Aid); Did not benefit under the BPS National Reserve, including allocations under the Scottish Derogation. The department noted that the survey does not constitute an application for payment under a scheme to support long established young farmers or oblige the department to determine eligibility or make payment to individuals who complete and submit the survey. Further details, including a guide to completing the online survey are available on the department's website.
