D-Day is here for almost 119 thousand students across the country as the Junior and Leaving Cert exams get underway this morning.
Tests will take place in over 100 subjects, involving four million examination papers and just under 5,000 superintendents supervising the proceedings over the coming days.
Pupils are being urged to stay calm this morning, to have a proper breakfast and to get to the exam hall early.
Education Minister Jan O'Sullivan is urging students to be confident in their own abilities:
Students are being encouraged to remain positive over the coming days and weeks.
Paul Gilligan, CEO of St Patrick's Mental Health Services, says its important to keep perspective:
