Classmates set to start Irish exam late due to funeral

Junior Certificate students whose classmate died suddenly on Monday night will be allowed to start this afternoon’s Irish exam late so they can attend his funeral.

Tadhg Coleman was due to have started the exams yesterday along with more than 120 others at Midleton CBS in East Cork.

The cause of his death at the family home in the village of Killeagh, between Midleton and Youghal, is not yet known. A family member found him collapsed in the early hours of Tuesday morning but efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.