Questions on Brexit, budget airlines, and the environment awaited students who sat the economics Leaving Cert exams yesterday — but thankfully none of the questions proved to be too taxing.

The build-up to Ireland’s clash with Italy began early for some ordinary-level Leaving Certificate economics students.

The responses from students of Junior Certificate music were largely harmonious after yesterday’s exam.

Contemporary notes, topical issues, and everyday experiences were reflected in exam papers as diverse as economics and music yesterday as Leaving and Junior Certificate students approached the end of this year’s examinations.