Students have been nervously opening envelopes across County Clare today as they find out their Leaving Cert results.
And with the wait to find out their points now over, attention now turns to the first round of CAO offers next Monday.
1340 leaving cert students across Clare are receiving their results today.
682 young women and 658 men are collecting their marks at schools across the county.
Deputy Principal of St Caimin's Community School in Shannon Alan Cunningham says it's hugely rewarding to see smiles on many faces there today
There's been a dramatic drop in the number of A1s awarded – No one in the country got a perfect score of nine A1s but 6 pupils did rack up eight A1s each.
Guidance Counsellor at Kilrush Community College, Aisling Haugh says it's not the end of the road for those who didn't make the grade today.
Meanwhile, Clare Gardai are advising young people planning to celebrate their results to do so responsibility.
Crime Prevention Officer Joe Downey says it's a big day in the lives of many youngsters and while it should be rightly celebrated, people need to be careful.
