Third-level education beckons after ‘the worst year and best year all in one’

Tensions were high yesterday as upwards of 55,000 students nationwide awaited their Leaving Certificate results. And it was no different for the 170 girls who queued from 8.30am in Christ the King Secondary School in Cork.

For Rachel Finn, who topped the bill with 615 points, nutritional science in UCC awaits. The Leaving Cert process was stressful, “but it wasn’t as bad as other people said it was going to be in the end”.

Three other students reached 600 points and beyond; Emma Cahalane with 610 and Alison Peate and Tara O’Driscoll getting 600 each.