Fewer than 20 students suspected of cheating in Junior Cert

Fewer than 20 students who sat the Junior Cert examination this year have not been given their exam results over fears they may have cheated.

The State Examinations Commission (SEC) has confirmed results are being “permanently withheld” from fewer than 10 of these students and it is still investigating the cases of fewer than 10 other students whose results have not yet been handed out.