Irish Examiner view: Saluting the dreamers — the Leaving Cert students

Today’s students have had to be tough, resilient, and resourceful to complete their work

The Leaving Certificate results will be issued to students on Friday. File picture

The elegiac tribute by the poet Billy O'Hanluain to all of tomorrow’s Leaving Certificate students is a mesmerising reminder that not all, or indeed most, of our reserves of human capital can be measured by a set of examination results.

This year’s class of '21 has held the shortest straw for many decades with learning disrupted, face-to-face relationships with teachers and friends dislocated, lessons confined to video conferencing, and the vagaries of network connections.