New results system sees Leaving Cert students play part in Irish education history

The introduction of new grades and revised college entry points will see 58,500 students who get their Leaving Certificate results today play a part in Irish education history.

More than 47,600 of them have applied for third-level college places, through the Central Applications Office (CAO) which will issue its first-round offers next Monday.

However, from this morning, those hoping to get into college will be busy calculating their CAO points using the new Leaving Certificate grades and corresponding new points.