Day one complete for students
There's relief for students across Cork this evening as day one of the state exams is over. Over 13,000 students across the city and county turned over their papers at half past nine this morning. The exams will now run for three weeks and students who are anxious, nervous and stressed are being reminded to take extra care of themselves. This year independent experts sat the papers in advance to identify any mistakes and prevent a repeat of the amount of errors found on last year's exam papers. These listeners have been telling RedFM News about their experiences with the leaving and junior cert: Click PLAY to hear audio
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