Ehhh, no I'm not. When I was at school we had books full of British unis, with the grade requirements beside them, e.g, LANCASTER FRENCH/SPANISH BBC. This means that if you apply with those grades, you have a good chance of being accepted and if they make you an offer and you get them, you're definitely in. There were also Irish uni guides, with the exact same layout, e.g, TRINITY COLLEGE FRENCH/SPANISH CCC. Only it wasn't the same thing at all. That did not mean you would get into Trinity with CCC. It meant you wouldn't have a chance of getting in with less than that, but it wasn't an indication of the grades required for the course. Most people in my year didn't realise that, and wondered why all the grades were so low. It really wasn't very clear at all. It might be different now, I know Trinity publish the points required from previous years for different courses and their A Level equivalents, which could be what Luke means. I thought I'd warn yous just in case because I know loads of people confused by this system.
Once you get your offer from UCAS (well before you sit your A-Levels), if you get that offer, the uni HAS to let you in, regardless of how many other people have got the grades. In Ireland, you don't get offers at all. The course points depend on how many people that year have applied for the course and how well they have done in the Leaving/whatever exams. So even if Luke did get the CCC on Computer Science, if everyone else did better, he won't get in. And even if everyone else got the same grades and the course has limited places, random selection will be used. You are never guaranteed a place, even if you get the required grades or higher, do you know what I mean? This doesn't happen in the UK. My friend applied to Trinity to do French and History of Art, got way over the minimum grade requirements, way over the predicted points and still didn't get in because too many people applied with the same points, random selection was used and she wasn't selected. If you applied to Bristol, got an offer of AAB, got your grades, you're in, and if the course is oversubscribed, that's the uni's problem. In Ireland, it's your problem. That's what I'm trying to say.