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Always remember, the Junior Certificate, though important, is but a stepping-stone in a student’s educational journey.

We now have students who are happy with their first round CAO offer and those who are definitely either uncertain or very unhappy. It is important to know that there are always options to consider. So try to stay calm and see what is available to suit your student.

It has been an anxious week for students since opening their Leaving Cert results and now receiving their CAO offers in the first round.

NUI Galway has witnessed significant increases in the number of points required to gain a place on an undergraduate course at the university.

Well, where to begin under the above heading? Let’s begin with Rio where all of the excitement, not just of the Games but of all the other attendant investigations, has been going on.

The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) deposited flyers into 100,000 homes across Ireland last week to promote the digs for students website www.homes.usi.ie.

While Leaving Certificate results bring with them great excitement, and sadly for some, uncertainty and upset, the coming days will be busy.

Yesterday was D Day for 3,000 Galway students who received their Leaving Cert results, and they now face an agonising five-day wait before CAO offers are released on Monday.

The wait ended yesterday (Wednesday) as students from around Ireland including 1,382 from Westmeath finally received their Leaving Certificate results.

We are in the last days of summer. It is safe to say that we have not had a great summer weather-wise, but we have had a wonderful few days last weekend and into this week. I hope you all will have had a chance to enjoy it, and that young people will have an opportunity to do all the enjoyable outdoor pursuits before school beckons.