This open letter from a cancer survivor to Leaving Cert students is a must read

A young woman from Cork who recently battled cancer has shared a letter she wrote for her younger sister, which she hopes will calm the nerves of stressed Leaving Certificate students.

Kristian O Leary, 26, began writing last year during her treatment for gestational trophoblastic disease (GTD).

"I started my blog, www.ruerascal.com, in January 2015 from the 4 South Ward in Cork University Hospital, post-diagnosis of GTD," she told the Irish Examiner. "I penned my way through treatment."