Moon landing features on Leaving Cert history while poor audio hampers Junior Cycle Spanish students

Matthew Kapelianis and Ben Cunniffe from St Brigid’s College, Loughrea, Co Galway, after their history exam. Picture Hany Marzouk

Eyewitness reports by journalists reporting on the "chaos" in Belfast in 1974 during the Ulster Workers’ Council strike featured on this year’s Leaving Cert history paper.

Meanwhile, poor audio quality in larger exam halls may have hampered an otherwise “very accessible” Junior Cycle Spanish paper.