It will be 'well into next week' before universities receive corrected Leaving Cert grades

Jim Miley has said that universities and colleges will work with the Department of Higher Education to do everything to ensure that those are entitled to places can be accommodated. Photo: Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

The head of the Irish Universities Association (IUA) has said it could be "well into next week" before the corrected results are sent through following revelations that errors in coding saw approximately 6,500 students receive the wrong Leaving Cert grades.

IUA Director-General, Jim Miley has said that universities and colleges will work with the Department of Higher Education to do everything to ensure that those are entitled to places can be accommodated.