Student sails to, and through, exams

Meet the Leaving Cert student who sailed to, and through, his first exam.

Student sails to, and through, exams
Thu, 07 Jun, 2012 - 01:00
Eoin English

Michael Collins, 18, is in the same boat as the 53,789 other students who began state exams yesterday.

However, he travelled by boat from his home on Sherkin Island off the Cork coast to the mainland to sit English Paper 1 at Schull Community College.

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