Over 800 students in Laois collected their Leaving Certificate results this morning.
For many, the culmination of years of hard work came today and the planning for the next stages of their lives will begin in earnest.
A total of 861 students will received results and of these, 423 were female with a further 438 male.
From midday, students who were not in a position to collect their results in person from their school could access them through the State Examination Commission’s internet results service.
However, for those that were able, we were out and about this morning at schools across the county to get their reaction to opening that envelope.
Here, we bring you the best of the pictures:
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