Surprise at lack of questions on EU

THE lack of full questions about the EU was about the only surprise for a group Leaving Certificate business students yesterday.

Amanda Horgan, who sat the higher level paper at Coláiste Choilm in Co Cork, declared that she had got on well.

“I thought the paper was alright, except that people were saying the EU was going to come up because of the accession countries. It only really appeared in one of the short questions, which was disappointing,” said Amanda.

“I think the exams were fine so far, but I’ve only had English, Irish and maths up to now. It was hard to come back in after having no exams on Tuesday,” she said.

With her love of animals, Amanda hopes to do a course in veterinary nursing or equine business next year. “I have a horse called Bobby George at home and I work on a farm that keeps racing horses for point-to-points,” she said.

Rachel Nelligan also sat the higher level paper and thought it was quite simple, although she too had prepared for more detailed questions about the EU. However, she would have been happier if some of the other papers went as well as yesterday morning’s.

“A lot of them were harder than I thought they’d be, especially home economics last Friday,” she said.

With no sign of a break in the good weather, Rachel said she had found it tough studying this week because of the heat. But she hopes to fare well enough to get into the early childhood studies course at UCC when she gets her results.

Another Coláiste Choilm student, Mark O’Donovan, hopes to start a career in movies with a film production course next autumn. He said the ordinary level business paper was alright but difficult in places.

“There were a few hard questions, such as one on the Small Claims Court and another about a chemical factory being set up in an Irish town,” said Mark.