Pupils did not miss a day in 14 years

FIVE students who never missed a day of school for 14 years have been honoured for their achievement.

The group, who sat their Leaving Certificate in June, never missed a day in primary or second-level school — almost 2,500 days of unbroken attendance each.

Cork’s Lord Mayor Cllr Brian Bermingham made presentations to David Paul O’Connell, a past pupil of Douglas Community School; Padraig De Barra of Gaelcholaiste Mhuire, North Monastery; Tanya Ann Scully from Regina Mundi in Douglas; Riobáird Ó Riogáin of Coláiste Chríost Rí and Steven Robinson from Ashton School in Blackrock.