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<p>Leaving certificate students filling in their exam number on the answer booklet before receiving their first exam paper at Douglas Community School, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane.</p>

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Could you pass English Paper 1? 'Lovely' variety in Leaving Cert exam; Junior Cycle test 'babyish'
The first day of the 2023 State exams got off to a start this Wednesday morning, with Leaving Cert English Paper 1 and Junior Cycle English
Leaving cert English paper two a stern challenge

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Leaving cert English paper two a stern challenge
Students ‘beaming’ after ‘well-pitched’ English paper on Leaving Cert day one

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Students ‘beaming’ after ‘well-pitched’ English paper on Leaving Cert day one
Junior Certificate students pleased with ‘doable’ English paper

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Junior Certificate students pleased with ‘doable’ English paper
Leaving Cert: Plenty of Larkin about for English students as standard proves pleasing

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Leaving Cert: Plenty of Larkin about for English students as standard proves pleasing
Hamlet shouldn’t have spooked the well-versed Leaving Cert students

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Hamlet shouldn’t have spooked the well-versed Leaving Cert students
Lots of material for students to get teeth into on opening day of exams
Lots of material for students to get teeth into on opening day of exams

The final weeks&nbsp;in&nbsp;school for over 55,000 Leaving Certificate students with themes about school days and childhood memories on their English papers.

Thu, 08 Jun, 2017

Mixed response to revised Junior Certificate English paper
Mixed response to revised Junior Certificate English paper

The landmark first examination of a revised junior cycle English course was deemed appropriate by teachers after it was taken by most of this year&rsquo;s 62,000 Junior Certificate students.

Thu, 08 Jun, 2017

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