Clare’s students are being encouraged to act responsibly when celebrating their Junior Cert results.
1,500 students, including 760 girls and 726 boys have been collecting their grades today , with the reformed English Junior Cycle combining exam results with continual assessment marks.
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The number of students nationally getting top marks in their Junior Cert has fallen by nearly half, with 240 of them getting 10As or more – a 43 percent dip from the 2016 total.
A disco is taking place in Ennis tonight for 14 to 17 year olds and Clare’s Crime Prevention Officer, Sergeant Joe Downey is asking young people to celebrate wisely: