A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was allegedly grabbed by up to five boys, tied up, gagged and blindfolded in a schoolyard.

JUNIOR Certificate science candidates who had done all their experiments should have been pleased with yesterday’s exams.

THE first exam of the new Junior Certificate science syllabus was set yesterday morning and the higher level paper was very well received.

THE first of two technical drawing papers was faced by almost 6,000 Leaving Certificate students yesterday morning.

THE Leaving Cert accounting papers taken by more than 7,000 students yesterday posed no serious problems, according to teachers.