State Exam Commission condemns online abuse of author who featured on English exam

The author of an article which featured in a Junior Cert exam yesterday without her knowledge has received death threats.

Update 7.50pm: The State Examinations Commission (SEC) says the abuse that an author who featured in a Junior Cert exam is receiving is "completely unacceptable".

It is after Aoife Dooley, who has autism, tweeted to say she has been getting threats of rape and death by students since yesterday.