Points fall in nearly half of all Munster CAO courses

Twins Anna and Patrick Ryan were delighted with their CAO offers at Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, Carrignavar, Cork.   Picture: Dan Linehan

The first round of this year’s CAO offers saw points fall in more courses than they rose across Munster, analysis from the Irish Examiner has found.

In all, points fell in 47% of courses — although in 41 courses the points fell by 10 points or less. This contrasted with points rising in 43% of courses, rising by 10 or less in 42 courses.