52,000 students got first round CAO offers this morning

The points race appears to be easing after measures were introduced to overhaul the system

Almost 80% received their first, second or third level eight degree choice.

Points are down for over half of courses, and fewer people are being excluded due to random selection.

President of Maynooth University, Philip Nolan, chaired the working group tasked with changing the system.

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