Students in love with optional Shakespeare question on day two of the Leaving Cert

English teacher Kevin O'Donovan with students Erin Quealey and Christina O'Connor prior to Leaving Certificate English paper two at St Mary's Secondary School in Charleville, Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

An optional question on Shakespeare, a first for higher-level English students, coupled with more choice helped to ease the pressure during day two of this year's Leaving Cert exams. 

Thursday saw students sitting written papers in engineering, an elective subject, in the morning, with English paper two taking place in the afternoon.