I couldn’t believe it, says 15-A student

TOP marks in the Junior Cert went to Cork, which has claimed five of the eight students with 12 or more higher level As in their exams this year.

One pupil from Scoil Mhuire in Cork, Áine Hurley, said she was “thrilled” at having received an astonishing 15 As.

“When I got the envelope with my results, I didn’t know whether I should open it. When I did and I saw that I got As in both Irish and English – which I didn’t think I had done well in – I was thrilled. Then I looked at the rest of the results, I couldn’t believe it.”