Dublin pips Cork as Killian nets country’s highest marks

IN what Cork fans will be hoping is not a portent of things to come in Sunday’s All-Ireland Football semi-final clash, Dublin has beaten Cork to the title of the top student in the country.

Sandyford schoolboy Killian Donovan emerged as the prize student by scoring nine straight A1s in his Leaving Cert results.

In securing the highest marks of the 58,000 students who sat the exam, Killian claimed an honour held by pupils from Cork schools in recent years.