Applications close today - with last possible entry of the essays going to be Wednesday evening.
Last year the first round of invites for assessment were sent on the Friday then, with the first set of assessments 2 weeks after that.
It is one week sooner this year, first assessments are the 29th I believe.
After assessments finished last year, we heard again the following Friday regarding an interview at Shamrock house, which was another 2 weeks later on a date in November.
160 was the number we were told last year, who were invited to assessment in DCU.