‘Roughly what I expected’ – Leaving Cert students react after first day of exams

Leaving Cert students share reactions to English Paper 1

Sarah O'Mahony

"I thought the paper was really nice, I hope I did well”, said Helena Healy (18), student of Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School, Drimnagh, Co Dublin, who sat Higher Level English Paper 1.

Over 140,000 students sat down this morning to face English, the first of their Leaving Certificate exams.