Jess Casey: CAO points fall in more courses than they increase across Munster

Fuad Hague, Brian Donnelly, Jimmy O’Riordan, Naoíse Whelan, James Byrne, Tim Callanan, Ciarán Kerrigan, and Oscar Ó Corráin, former students of Coláiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Bishopstown, Cork, who received 625 points in their Leaving Cert and were awaiting the CAO offers. Picture: Dan Linehan
The first round of this year’s CAO saw points fall in more courses than they rose across Munster, analysis from the
has found.Entry points fell in almost 60% of Level 8 courses across the province, although the majority of these decreased by small margins of between one and 10 points.