More than 131,000 students are sitting the exams.
The leaving and junior certificate exams are under way across the country.
More than 131,000 students are sitting the traditional form of the exams, for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
That's an increase of 6% on the numbers who sat the exams in 2019.
Guidance counsellor at Colaiste Mhuire in Mullingar, Betty McLaughlin says families and friends have a role to play in supporting students at exam time:
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