Today's information-packed 32-page supplement is only part of the service offered by The Irish Times during this college-offers season.

From Monday to Friday you can read College Places, a column by Anne Byrne, careers and guidance correspondent. She'll keep you right up to date with the news about points requirements for various courses, new offers of places when vacancies arise, the changing PLC scene and opportunities for repeating the Leaving.

Next Tuesday, on the day you should get your first-round offer in the post, another bumper 32-page supplement, College Places 99, will detail the points requirements for all the CAO courses and offer analysis of what they're likely to mean. It also will feature more advice on going to college, including how you can make the best of social life as well as academic opportunities - and where you can turn if things get tough.