UCC HOPES FOR JOANNE O'RIORDAN: I want to get points for course on criminology

Inspirational teenager and disability rights champion Joanne O’Riordan hopes to bag enough Leaving Certificate points today to pursue a new criminology course in University College Cork (UCC).

But Joanne, 18, from Millstreet in Co Cork, said she was also looking forward to moving out of home and living independently in campus accommodation.

“All my friends live within 15 minutes of the college and I’ve already checked out an apartment, and everything seems to be in check so all that’s left now is the points,” she said.