Students shame sports pundits

Sports pundits might have to brush up on their tips as hundreds of teenagers correctly predicted the number and colours of Irish Olympic medals.

While few of the general public might have forecast the exact success rate of our Olympians this summer, almost 350 second-level students were on the money when it came to predicting our medal tally.

They make up 7% of those who answered a question in a survey for the CSO’s Census at Schools programme. Almost 5,000 of the 7,160 teens who took part completed the final part of the questionnaire.