There were spectacular increases in CAO points today on the back of the highest Leaving Cert grades in history. The big leaps saw several courses requiring minimum points in excess of 600 this year, including four in Trinity College Dublin (TCD) and two in University College Dublin (UCD). Taking other initiatives into account, the number of third level places has risen by an unprecedented 12pc as compared with last year - up by about 6,300. UCD Arts with 445 places is down to 310 points, Humanities is down to 340 points and Modern Languages is down to 303. At UCD the most significant increases were Social Policy & Sociology (378, up 58 on the final round 2019); Midwifery, 489 (up 80 on the final round in 2019) and Physiotherapy (542, up 56 on the final round in 2019.)

Source: Irish Independent September 11, 2020 13:07 UTC