'It came as a shock. I was delighted with the results': Students celebrate CAO offers

David Kelleher: 'I was delighted to get my first choice but relieved too.' Picture: Denis Minihane

They’re both off to UCC in a few weeks after they accepted their first choice college course.

Daniel Cremin, 18, and David Kelleher, 19, both from Waterfall near Cork city, were among the more than 57,000 young people who were offered college places in the first round of CAO offers on Thursday — up some 2,200 from last year.