Top marks for talented nine

FOR nine students who received their Junior Certificate results yesterday there were 12 reasons to celebrate – top marks in every subject.

The perfect Junior Certificate scores include 11 As in higher-level subjects and an A in civic, social and political education (CSPE) which is only examined at one common level.

For one Kildare student, the feat was all the more remarkable for the fact that all her subjects, with the exception of English, were taken through Irish.