Making the grade: Junior Cert students get balance right

A good balance of work and play is key to doing well at exams, according to two of the top achievers in Junior Certificate 2016.

Among 60,247 students to get results yesterday, over 22,500 were celebrating at least one grade A at higher level or in the common-level civic, social and political education.

An elite group of six to achieve the top grade were marking their success at schools in counties Cork, Meath, Sligo, Tipperary, and Wicklow.