Trinity College Dublin

[Travelledtheworld]

Can anyone explain entrance requirements for TCD for an English student. DS is interested in studying Theoretical Physics.
Looking at the website they seem to want a minimum of B grade GCSE A level Maths or Physics. Is this all ? How do Irish Education standards compare with English and Scottish S levels/Higher's ?
I see this is a four year degree. So Is an Irish University degree more comlarable with a Scottish university ?
Any random comments most welcome.

[Needmoresleep]

Our impression was that the student cohort for medicine at least would have been hugely international, perhaps as high as 50%. Which would have counterbalanced a tendency for Irish students to live at home.

We also picked up an impression that US drugs firms had been investing a fair amount of money using Ireland as the place to do their EU required research. Given the number of US tech firms with Irish bases, I wonder if the same applied to other areas of science.