Is a gap year a good idea after the Leaving Cert?

AS I GET closer and closer to the exam of doom (ie, the Leaving Cert), the possibilities of the following year start to fill my mind, writes Ellie Menton.
Is a gap year a good idea after the Leaving Cert?

I’m always so dead set on getting to college, but a gap year has crossed my thoughts every now and then.

I don’t think the gap year is actually a big part of the Irish scene. I don’t know many people who have considered it, let alone actually done it. I began to wonder if the gap year would even be worth it, and so I asked around, and found surprisingly positive feedback.

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