Irish Examiner

24 +, 10 -

Irish Examiner scores a total of 24 Plus Points and 10 Minus Points in our evaluation of journalistic quality.
This corresponds to a score of 66* resp. the grade B- (good).

Grade		Score
very good	A+	> 89
	A	89 - 84
	A-	83 - 79
good	B+	78 - 74
	B	73 - 69
	B-	68 - 63
satisfactory	C+	62 - 58
	C	57 - 53
	C-	52 - 47
sufficient	D+	46 - 44
	D	43 - 40
	D-	39 - 37
poor	E+	36 - 33
	E	32 - 30
	E-	29 - 26
insufficient	F	< 26

*: (24 + 5 BP) * 100 / (24 + 5 BP + 10 + 5 BP)

The breakdown of the points follows below.

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