Similar text from mock paper ‘coincidental’

A MOCK Leaving Certificate exam paper published earlier this year used text that is all but identical to what turned up in the actual examination yesterday.

In the comprehension section of the Irish Leaving Cert Ordinary Level paper 1, students were asked five questions based on an online article on comedian Des Bishop.

However a mock paper available for sale used almost the same text and carried questions that were remarkably similar to those set down in yesterday’s exam.