MERCY Mounthawk and Brookfield College reverberated to the sound of nervous students receiving their Leaving Cert exam results on Wednesday morning, after months of hard work and anguish.

“We’re absolutely delighted with the results,” said Principal of Brookfield College, Elisha Dowling.

“One of our students got 625 points while we had five students with 600 or over. We had 23% of our students achieving over 500 points while 63% got over 400,” said Elisha.

“What was especially satisfying was seeing repeat students who were disappointed last year, bounding out the door with delight this time out,”  he said.

Over in Mercy Mounthawk the story was the same with students expressing joy at the results. Principal John O’Roarke said some students had achieved over 600 points and many others got over 500, but he said they celebrated equally the success of Leaving Cert Applied students.

“I think it’s important to recognise the reality of choice today. Even if students achieved their first choice in college it’s vital that they assess whether that is the right choice to make, irrespective of what happens today. But it is a joyful time and it’s wonderful to share in that joy with them. All the hard work they put in has been rewarded,” he said.

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