Over two thousand students in Carlow and Kilkenny will receive their Junior Cert results today.
Over 71 thousand students sat the exams this year across the country, an increase of 5 per cent on 2022.
While across the two local counties 2,328 students sat the junior cert exams this year.
In a change to traditional arrangements, schools can access the results online and issue them to students.
Junior Education Minister Josepha Madigan is commending those involved for their hard work: