The dramatic increase in applicants to Sligo IT this year is partly down to the pandemic.
That's according to the Marketing and Student Recruitment Manager Cleo Devaney.
Although nationally there has been an increase in applicants of 8.6%, the Sligo institute has seen an increase of three and a half times the national average.
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Cleo Devaney the college has been adding significantly to its offering in the past couple of years and the Covid pandemic meant that they were actually able to get more of their message out online, as well as meetings with guidance councillors and school principals:
