CAO helpdesk 2026: ‘I missed medicine on random selection, could I get it on round two?’

Welcome to The Irish Times CAO Helpdesk for 2026. Using the form below, you can submit any questions you have about this year’s process, from CAO points and Leaving Cert results, to appeals, offers, deferrals and more.Our education experts, Deirdre Garrett and Brian Howard, are online now to answer your questions before the CAO issues the first round of offers to candidates at 2pm. Please submit your queries throughout the day in the form below.3 minutes agoI applied via QQI and was offered my second choice during round zero. I was 40 points above the 2025 requirement for my first choice, so was disappointed not to get it. Have I no chance now of getting it, given that I’m competing with other QQIs and our offers came in round zero? - DebWhether you get an offer for your first choice cours