Family fights for Jessie’s college dream

As Jessie Silva hugged her Leaving Cert class friends at the Mount Convent School in Limerick they all sang out: “We’re all going to college, we’re all going to college.”

Jessie’s proud mother Cida looked on, both made eye contact and almost spontaneously they broke down in tears.

Jessie’s pathway into third-level education is far from certain, even though she had secured the points she needs to study biochemical engineering at the University of Limerick.