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1. #ANGLO: The Central Bank’s then-governor said there was “very little he could do” to prevent Anglo Irish Bank collapsing. Documents obtained by the Irish Times reveal that he was tipped off by a senior Bank of Ireland official about Anglo’s situation just hours before the bank guarantee
2.#SOUTH KOREA: The arrested captain of the ferry that capsized with hundreds on board has said he delayed evacuating the ship because of weather conditions and the lack of rescue ships.
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4. #OVERSPEND: The HSE could see a “cash shortfall” of over €532 million, according to a report seen by the Irish Independent. It comes a week the Department of Health was told it must meet its savings targets.
5. #ARREST: A man in his twenties has been arrested by police investigating the murder last night of former senior continuity IRA member Tommy Crossan.
6. #UKRAINE: A Washington-brokered deal between Russia and Ukraine has stalled after militants refused to leave occupied buildings. Russia has revealed it has troops massed on Ukraine’s border.
7. #REHAB: Business trips and lobbying expenses were among invoices submitted to Rehab by former director Frank Flannery, the Examiner reports. The PAC heard earlier this month that Flannery received over €400,000 in consultancy fees.
8. #GARDAÍ: Just 49 gardaí have applied for a €36,000 career break, new figures reveal. Officers can apply for reasons such as foreign travel, or other employment opportunities.
9. #DRIVEWAYS: More than fifty families don’t own their home’s driveway due to a mapping error at an estate in Co Limerick, the Examiner reports. Their cars will allegedly be clamped if they do not obtain a permit.
I sat the leaving cert in 2004. Science in UCD was 290, now it’s 500. Such a difference.
Just looking at those points, I’m still surprised that some Software courses are not that high. Computer Science in UL is 325?
Computer Science in UCC is 340, now third lowest points. Above Arts and International development and food policy. In ’09 CS was 300.
aine hyland claims that the raise in entry points for maths based courses will lead to a falling off in the failure rate on those courses (as students had previously found them too difficult)
you get 25 extra for higher maths. the course requirement goes up by 25. so, you will obviously be far more able for the maths. 25 points extra and the resultant rise in entry requirements hve magically improved students ability to do maths?!!! irish solution etc
Is it 25 bonus points for higher level maths no matter what result you get? Or is it 25 bonus points for an A1 and then dropping by five points each grade after that? That’s what it used to be in UL right?
25 points for anyone who passes (so a D3)…
Seriously? With project maths? Are they having a laugh. They’re all going to fail first year if the course has a maths module that’s even remotely difficult. The engineering courses are going to see huge fail rates.
Well the individual courses should really have a maths requirement to get into them if they are mathematically focused. That would prevent those that arent’ capable from taking them up.
They do. But it’s no good if the maths course isn’t up to scratch. It’s wildly underestimating the students. It’s patronising and insulting and it’s a cheap copout to avoid hiring and training better maths teachers for secondary schools.
Thankfully I had more than enough for my first choice in Trinity but sadly a lot of students were disappointed. For example one course went up by 115 points.
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