Leaving Cert: Wealth of topical issues in economics

The build-up to Ireland’s clash with Italy began early for some ordinary-level Leaving Certificate economics students.

The Euro 2016 tournament was mentioned in one of their questions yesterday morning.

Bairbre Kennedy, a spokeswoman on the subject for the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) said there were far more current economic issues on the ordinary-level paper than the number which higher-level students got a chance to deal with.