‘Minority’ benefited from bonus points

The additional 25 college entry points for Leaving Certificate maths only boosted the performance of one in every 11 of the 37,500 students offered places on degree courses yesterday.

The CAO said higher-level maths was counted as one of the six best subjects of just 3,353, or 9%, of the people offered a level 8 degree. They were among 12,914 with Leaving Cert results from last week or from a previous year.

More than 200 courses, almost one in six, recorded a jump of 25 points or more yesterday.