Cork and Tipp tops when it comes to exams All-Ireland

If this was an All-Ireland, both Tipperary and Cork would each be celebrating three-in-a-row right now.

The latest Junior Certificate results show that 19 students nationwide put 12 higher-level As in the back of the net.

Tipp shares the lead, with students from three schools achieving that distinction, among them The Abbey CBS in Tipperary Town and the Loreto Secondary school in Clonmel. The county beats Cork on goal average, though, as the Ursuline Convent in Thurles alone has three students with 12 As.