Leaving Cert students unfazed by first Irish paper

THE Leaving Certificate students of North Monastery Secondary School in Cork were generally unfazed by their first Irish paper yesterday afternoon.

William Twomey said the ordinary level paper was a bit tricky, with one of the letter questions being a bit hard.

Classmate David Mullins was pleased with the paper, having already come through English and maths exams satisfactorily. He is interested in boats and hopes to study marine engineering in Cork Institute of Technology next autumn.