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T’he variety of topics and skills tested allowed students to select answers that played to their skill set’

‘Lots of choice meant that students of all abilities would have been able to accrue marks’

‘Many students will have felt a wave of calm reading the titles’

Expected topics appear with enough choice to allow candidates play to their strengths

Spiritan-run school in south Dublin has been at the centre of grievances and mediation efforts between leadership and some staff

‘Students able to answer full paper while avoiding less popular topics completely’

Leaving Certs have geography and maths paper 1, while Junior Certs face history and maths

Higher level paper continues ‘recent trend towards asking questions which probe students’ understanding of concepts’

‘In the absence of a marking scheme, students may not know how much to focus on each question’

Student diarist Cathal Moloney, who has dyslexia and dyspraxia, can’t wait for the exams to be over