Taoiseach: 'Challenging' to adopt a hybrid Leaving Cert this year

Danielle Policher from Lusk Community College, Xi Lin from St Dominic's in Cabra and Klaudia Bielowicka from Le Chéile Secondary School in Tyrrelstown during a protest by Leaving Cert students at Leinster House on Wednesday. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Taoiseach has warned it would be "challenging" to adopt a Leaving Cert hybrid model again this year.

Micheál Martin said third-level institutions would not be able to provide the same number of extra college spaces as have been available in the past two years to deal with the inflation created by calculated grades.