Minister ‘sympathetic’ to Anna’s €25,000 fees plight

A Limerick school principal has praised the "diligent and sympathetic" way in which Education Minister Jan O’Sullivan has dealt with the plight of a top Leaving Certificate student who found her way into third-level education blocked by fees.

Anna Kern, aged 18, a Ukranian national, attained 575 points in her exam, the highest result at Coláiste Nano Nagle, Sexton Street, despite arriving here only two years ago with no English.