Irish Examiner view: No, we will continue to celebrate success

It's time to unbundle a mish-mash of assertions about media coverage of the Leaving Cert examinations

Paul Kehoe TD linked media moratoriums around elections with public exams, saying of Irish media: 'Not alone are they driving the student mad, they are driving their parents mad'. Stock picture

The media is used to being accused of many things but causing general grief through coverage of the Leaving Cert and the complexities of the CAO system is a new one for us.

However, apparently it is nothing new to Paul Kehoe, chair of the Oireachtas education committee, who attacked what he deems “reckless” reporting that adds pressure on students.