Children in care homes sit exams

The Child and Family Agency, Tusla, has said 11 students in different residential care settings are sitting the state examinations this month.

As thousands of students around the country take a weekend break from the rigours of the examinations, Tusla said that some teenagers in special-care or high-support units were sitting the exams on site.

A Tusla spokesman said that the Ballydowd Special Care Unit in Dublin was accommodating eight young people sitting the Junior Cert examination.