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Pictures: Leaving cert students in Cork celebrate results day

Pictures: Leaving cert students in Cork celebrate results day

Former students who all received 625 pts Ciaran O'Driscoll, Alex Sheehan, Finn Mac Fhlannchadha, Ben Terhost, Jack O'Sullivan and Luke Galligan pictured after receiving their Leaving Cert 2020 results at Christian Brothers Cork.

Leaving Cert students across Cork received their Leaving cert results today.

Emily Murphy, Diamond Nzekwe, Jiang O'Neill and Maham Aziz who received their Calculated Leaving Certificate results at St Aloysius Secondary School in Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy
Emily Murphy, Diamond Nzekwe, Jiang O'Neill and Maham Aziz who received their Calculated Leaving Certificate results at St Aloysius Secondary School in Cork. Picture: Howard Crowdy

This year's exams were cancelled due to Covid-19 and students instead received grades that were predicted by their teachers.

Aaron Wolfe, Principal Coláiste Éamann Rís with Craig Linehan, who is hoping to do Accounting at CIT. Pic: Jim Coughlan.
Aaron Wolfe, Principal Coláiste Éamann Rís with Craig Linehan, who is hoping to do Accounting at CIT. Pic: Jim Coughlan.

In previous years, Leaving Cert students would have attended school to receive their results, two months after taking part in their exams.

Happy with his results at Coláiste Éamann Rís, Alex Linehan, hoping to do Commerce at UCC.
Happy with his results at Coláiste Éamann Rís, Alex Linehan, hoping to do Commerce at UCC.

However, in a world of Covid-19, students received their grades online.

Pictured with their Calculated Leaving Certificate Grade results at St Aloysius School in Cork were students Rameen Siddique, Amanda O'Driscoll, Domikika Hachula, Emma McCarthy, Jiang O'Neill, Maham Aziz, Diamond Nzekwe, Samira Sikder and Emily Murphy. Picture: Howard Crowdy
Pictured with their Calculated Leaving Certificate Grade results at St Aloysius School in Cork were students Rameen Siddique, Amanda O'Driscoll, Domikika Hachula, Emma McCarthy, Jiang O'Neill, Maham Aziz, Diamond Nzekwe, Samira Sikder and Emily Murphy. Picture: Howard Crowdy

Six Christian Brothers College (CBC) students achieved the highest possible marks this year of 625 points, while eighteen more achieved in excess of 600 points.

Former Harty Cup captain Niall Hartnett (601pts) and former Senior Cup captain Finn Mac Fhlannchadha (625) pictured after receiving their Leaving Cert 2020 results at Christian Brothers Cork.
Former Harty Cup captain Niall Hartnett (601pts) and former Senior Cup captain Finn Mac Fhlannchadha (625) pictured after receiving their Leaving Cert 2020 results at Christian Brothers Cork.

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