“The news this week that CAO points are set to rise for popular third-level courses is causing no end of stress in the suburbs. Parents are looking at the Christmas reports, doing the maths, adding on a few points and thinking, Yikes, it’s going to be tight! Time to ratchet up the pressure. It’s grim reality for 6th-year students from here on in …” (more)
[Orna Mulcahy, Irish Times, 15 January]