Countdown to the Exam

So most of you will have started your leaving cert with English yesterday, I hope it went well.

Before the panic sets in, what can you do from here? you are not going to cover the whole Economics course properly whilst also studying for your other exams.

There are a few bankers for the Economics exam, the following topics have come up every year as full long questions.

• Supply, Demand and Elasticities

• Market Structures

• Factors of Production

My predictions

• The public sector pay bill

• The greying population and its consequences

• Emigration (bran drain)

You only need to answer 4 long questions, so I would recommend being as clear as possible on these topics.


I don't like making predictions on possible questions, but I would be surprised if at least one of the following don't make an appearance...

Best of Luck to all sitting the exam.

My recommendations on timing

150 mins Exam.

Section A, 6 questions 25 mins

Section B, 4 Long questions 30 mins

This will leave you with 5 mins to read the exam at the start.