Proportion of students from affluent backgrounds at Trinity and UCD over twice national average  

The report by an Oireachtas body on access and outcomes in third-level education found that 36% of the students in Trinity College Dublin education came from affluent backgrounds.

The proportion of students from an affluent background at both Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin is almost twice the national average for all third-level institutions, according to a new study.

The report by an Oireachtas body on access and outcomes in third-level education showed that just 10% of undergraduate students in the Republic comes from disadvantaged areas, when 15%-16% should come from such backgrounds if third-level colleges were representative of the general population.