Cork student juggles royal role with college

A summer job mowing lawns or waiting on tables is a far cry from life for one Cork student attending college in Dublin.

Game of Thrones actor Jack Gleeson revealed he was managing to juggle his acting career with life as a student in Trinity College with relative ease.

“It just worked out that they don’t coincide, in that Game of Thrones films during the summer… We only start up [college] in October and finish in May with Trinity so it’s linked up really well. It’s been really easy to man-age,” said the philosophy and theology student who plays evil King Joffrey Baratheon in the series.