Leaving Cert: Wait ends for hundreds of students in Laois
By Conor Ganly
Published 16th Aug 2017, 11:16 BST
Updated 16th Aug 2017, 12:11 BST
Hundreds of Leaving Cert students from across Laois finally received their results this Wednesday, August 16.
Above - Nicole Korean and Lily Cunningham at Coláiste Íosagáin in Portarlington
A total of 875 pupils sat the Leaving Cert exam. This is up on the previous year. There was a 10 per cent increase in the number of female candidates which stands 427 this year.
Above - Portlaoise CBS students on Leaving Cert Day
In total 1,920 secondary school students sat State exams in Laois.
Most of these, 1,006, sat the Junior Cert.
Above: brothers Eoin and Aidan Kennedy at Coláiste Íosagáin, Portarlington.
The Junior Cert results will be out in September.