First Paper Down For Clare’s State Exam Students

2,800 students across the Banner county have gotten their state examinations underway this morning.

They’re among roughly 120,000 students across the country undertaking the exams.

Both Junior and Leaving Certificate students completed the first English paper this morning, with Irish on the agenda for the junior course tomorrow and English Paper two facing the Leaving Certs on Thursday afternoon.

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Clare FM’s Ben Sweeney spoke to some students as they finished their English papers earlier: