Identical twins from Carlow receive identical points in the Leaving Cert

The duo are both hoping to attend Trinity College in Dublin.

Call it twin intuition, call it a coincidence even call it fate, either way it’s freaky, writes Anna O'Donoghue.

Identical twin brothers, Cathal and Patrick O’Brien studied together at Clongowes Wood College in Kildare for six years, even chose the same subjects with the exception of one.