Lots of material for students to get teeth into on opening day of exams

The final weeks in school for over 55,000 Leaving Certificate students with themes about school days and childhood memories on their English papers.

Picture: Sophie Lynch, Mollie Barrett, Megan Moloney, Leah Davenport, Chloe Lynch, and Megan Nason, all Junior Certificate students from St Angela’s College, Patrick’s Hill, Cork, take a final look over study notes before the start of their first examination yesterday. Pic: Larry Cummins

One higher level student told the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) subject spokesperson Kate Barry that the exam was neither too hard nor too easy.