A guidance counsellor's advice for students ahead of CAO deadlines

Róisín O’Donohoe of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors advises students ahead of CAO deadlines. She talks to Darragh Bermingham 

Holly O'Sullivan, Aimee Corcoran, Katie Walsh, Aoibhinn Drummey and Aine McGrath of St Aloysius' College, Cork, among the thousands of prospective students, parents, guardians and guidance counsellors attending the recent Munster Technological University's Cork Campus Open Day. Picture: Gerard McCarthy

With the CAO deadline approaching next month, tens of thousands of students across Ireland will be sitting down to decide their third-level options.

Ahead of the deadline, the Institute of Guidance Counsellors (IGC) in Ireland and the founder of an education and career consultancy business have outlined some key pieces of advice for students.