Medicine points remain high despite changes

DESPITE all applicants with at least 480 Leaving Certificate points being eligible for consideration for places on medicine degree courses, no student with less than 520 points has been offered a place today.

Under a new selection system used by the five medical schools, exam results have been combined with scores from an aptitude test to help fill the almost 400 places available for Irish and EU students.

But the points score range of successful applicants shows that only those with mostly higher level As have gained entry.