STUDENTS doing the Leaving and Junior Certificate in 2007 could be taking their first written exams as early as May.

TRANSPORT Minister Martin Cullen recently announced that he was introducing measures to deal with the intolerable driver testing backlog.

ONE in five Leaving Certificate students succeeded last year in having their results upgraded.

TAXI drivers do not expect to get post-deregulation hardship payments in the next few weeks.

THE Junior and Leaving Certificate exams will be operated independently of the Department of Education from next summer.