Cork student with 613 points takes High Court challenge against Leaving Cert process

The points for her course rose to 613 and places were allocated by random selection but she failed to get a place

Mr Justice Charles Meenan said he will treat another case initiated earlier this week as the lead case addressing issues with the 2020 Leaving Cert process and hoped to give that an early hearing date.

A young woman who got 613 points in the 2019 Leaving Certificate has initiated a High Court challenge claiming the manner in which Leaving Cert grades were standardised this year has unfairly impacted on her ambition to pursue a dentistry career.

Martha Woods, Millbrook House, Murragh, Enniskeane, Co Cork, said the points for dentistry in UCC rose this year from 590 points to 613.