which drives minimum points to very high levels. However, there are alternative routes to such courses on the island of Ireland through UCAS, the central application system for applying to UK ...

Education Minister Noel Dempsey has announced that Irish Leaving Cert results are to be included in the UCAS system for admission to colleges in the North and Britain. Fri, 06 Feb, 2004 - 12:49 ...

If it’s CAO points you are counting ... that you aim to reach that target over the two years of your Leaving Cert studies. The UCAS system in the UK works on that basis; if you meet the target ...

UCAS wants to set a points score for each Leaving Cert subject. However, if it gives a different score for different subjects this could cause pressure on the Irish school and university authorities.