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.

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.