JUNIOR CERT: Ceart go leor as famous faces turn up for exams

Irish was the only subject on the timetable for Junior Certificate students, but ordinary level candidates had just a single paper to sit and the afternoon off for study or relaxation.

Séamus Ó Fearraigh of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland said the 23,000 ordinary level students may have found the 20-page question and answer booklet daunting.

But, he said, the inclusion of material about Kilkenny hurler Henry Shefflin and US first lady Michelle Obama made it very current. He thought the picture sequences were great and the questions on writing a postcard, blog or letter were fair.