Belfast bar offering to pay student’s first year tuition fees

Cuckoo, on the Lisburn Road, unveiled its  inaugural scholarship plans, promising to also supply textbooks for five runners-up.

Owner Jim Crawford said it will send information regarding the new scheme to every secondary school in Northern Ireland.

A leaflet read: “With the rise in living costs ever increasing, we would like to announce the first ever Cuckoo Scholarship

“We will pay the first year’s tuition fees for the successful applicant, as well as buying their textbooks. We will also buy textbooks for five runners up.”

Students applying must be going to attend university or higher education in Belfast in September 2022, and must already reside in Northern Ireland.

Cuckoo said it welcomes “applications from students from all backgrounds, regardless of race, religion, gender, sexuality, socio-economic background or disability.”

The be in with a chance of winning the prize applicants will need to answer questions and complete a short essay, with the winner being chosen by a panel made up of selected teachers and directors of Silverpine Inns Ltd, the company behind Cuckoo and The Botanic Inn.

For more information visit www.cuckoo-belfast.com/scholarship