Nearly 58,500 students will receive their Leaving Certificate results today, up more than 500 since last year.

The picturesque Lough Rynn Castle awoke to the sound of screaming yesterday as a bunch of fresh-faced Roses were overwhelmed by the sweet smell of success — the youngest among them had just received her Leaving Certificate results and no one could quite contain their joy.

David Glynn was the top Leaving Certificate student of 2015 — with an amazing nine higher-level A1s.

Get a taste of some of the interesting and quirky happenings in Europe from our Europe correspondent, Ann Cahill