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Check your Residency To be eligible for a student grant you must be legally resident in Ireland for at least 3 of the 5 years immediately before the date on which a year of study commences on an approved course in an approved institution. If the reason you were temporarily resident outside Ireland was because you were pursuing an approved course of study or postgraduate research in the EU, then you may still be eligible to apply for a student grant. If this is the case, you will need to have been legally resident in Ireland for at least 3 of the 5 years immediately before you commenced the course of study or research. If you do not satisfy the residency requirement in Ireland, but have been living in another EU Member State, the EEA or Switzerland for at least 3 of the last 5 years immediately before the date on which a year of study commences, you may be eligible for a grant for tuition fees only. If you do not satisfy the residency requirement at the commencement of your course, it is possible for you the meet the residency requirement during the course of your studies. You will need to be legally resident in the state for at least 3 of the 5 years immediately before the date on which a year of study commences on an approved course in an approved institution. 
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