Leaving Cert student seeks court order allowing him to sit exams without mask

The boy's mother said her son suffers from migraines and could not wear a mask all day at school

He also seeks a declaration that the requirement to wear a mask during the examinations amounts to breach of his Constitutional Rights and rights under the European Convention on Human Rights. File photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

A High Court challenge has been brought on behalf of a student to wants to sit his Leaving Certificate examinations without having to wear a mask.

In judicial review proceedings against the State Examinations Commission and the Minister for Education and Skills the student seeks various orders including one quashing a decision that he must wear a face covering during the examinations.