For most students, applying to graduate or business school means taking a computer-based standardized test.

He is taking a computer course in Portlaoise prison's education programme, according to a prison source.

For the first time, the notion of taking a computer with you, wherever you might go, was conceivable.

Thieves broke into its headquarters at the end of August, taking a computer, a printer, three Sony cassette recorders, batteries and most of their archives.