58,500 students to receive exam results today

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

The results will be handed out at hundreds of schools throughout the morning as students gather to see how they have done and consider their options.

For six of the class of 2016, there are eight higher level A1s on their results sheet, but none have matched the nine A1s on honours papers achieved last year by David Glynn at St Gerald’s College in Castlebar, Co Mayo.