Mr. Bryan O'Mahony:

This issue was mentioned to me by one of our member organisations. When I was looking at colleges, we were brought to local colleges. I went to secondary school in Waterford and we were shown UCC, MTU, SETU Waterford, and other local colleges but by virtue of not having any information, visits or sights of what colleges were available in the North, they were not on my wavelength and I did not even think about them. If I wanted to go to the North, however, and knew there was potentially a website to look at, I know personally that I would look at that website. Obviously, if I was not interested in this option, I would not visit the website. The website idea is a kind of back guard where students can go for information if they need it. They can take their time to look through the information. There could be advice on personal statements, transportation, accommodation and such for the colleges and their localities. While having in-person fairs and such would be good, websites and so forth are always a good back guard for any kind of slippage through the cracks.