It comes as the CAO issued 90,866 round One offers to 62,166 applicants.

Thousands of young people will receive college offers through the CAO from 2pm today

Leaving Cert grades remain far higher than in pre-pandemic years

The first intake of 30 students will commence their undergraduate studies in September.

This change will come into effect for students seeking admission to undergraduate medicine degree programmes from August / September 2027.

Concerns are mounting among this year’s Leaving Cert cohort, as pandemic-era grade inflation is set to fall by two per cent

Those who have already applied to the CAO can change their course choices up to 5pm on Monday evening