Leaving Certificate students who want appeal their grades have been advised that they can apply for a recheck from the evening of Sunday 1 September.
Almost 61,000 students received their results today, which have been artificially boosted by an average of 7.5%.
For the third year running, a post-marking adjustment has been applied to all results in order to ensure that 2024 outcomes are on a par with previous years.
Former president of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors Betty McLaughlin said grades were artificially boosted so that students were not disadvantaged compared to those who received their results in the previous three years.
Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, she described it as a "hangover" from the Covid-19 pandemic.
For those wishing to appeal grades, Ms McLaughlin said she would advise them to view the script first, which they can apply to do so online.
If students feel they should have been awarded more points, they can apply for a recheck from Sunday 1 September at 5pm, and Monday 2 September at 5pm.
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Deadlines are strictly applied so there is a small window of opportunity, but students will get reminders from the system and their school.
It is €40 for a recheck per subject, she said, adding that if the result is changed and the appeal is successful, the money is given back.
She added however that there is always the prospect that students could see their result downgraded, in what she described as a "transparent and accountable, robust process".
On grades being artificially boosted, she said that this was for the benefit of the students so they are not disadvantaged by students who received results in the previous three years.
She suggested that those with concerns about their results could contact the Institute of Guidance Counsellors for free in the next seven days at the National Parents Helpline on 1800-265-165.
Meanwhile, career guidance teacher Donnchadh O'Mahony has said that as more students would have gotten 625 points today due to the artificially boosted grades, more competition will be created in the top courses in next week's CAO offers.
The CAO offers will come out next Wednesday afternoon, at 2pm.
He said that there is still a lot of competition when it comes to college places but overall, a lot of students will be happy with their grades today across the board.
Speaking on RTÉ's Today with Claire Byrne, he said: "The 7.5% is just the average, if you're down the lower end of the scale, it's likely you went up by about 12.1%, the higher end then 4.8%.
"It was a pretty good Leaving Cert all in all. Even maths, H1 went up by 1.7%."
He said that it is impossible to know what might happen if people decide to defer their offer of a college place.
"If I was getting an offer this year, I would take it. There’s no way I would wait."
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