“At school, I dreaded reading aloud. But when I was studying for my Leaving, a teacher discovered I had Dyslexia and then everything made sense.”
The first week of the Leaving Cert is almost over for more than 60,000 Irish students who are putting their knowledge of the last two years at school to the test.
Niall Horan, a former student at Coláiste Mhuire in Mullingar, skipped the Leaving Certificate completely due to band commitments but is one of the country’s most successful musicians.Former Late Late host Ryan Tubridy who studied at Blackrock College and did an arts degree at UCD has called the Leaving Certificate system “awful”.
Miss Ireland Ivanna McMahon told the Irish Mirror how she discovered she was Dyslexic while studying for the Leaving. Ivanna attended Irish-speaking school, Gaelcholáiste an Chláir and when doing the Leaving she was able to sit in a different room and use a reading aid.Actor and comedian Tadhg Hickey did his Leaving Cert in Colaiste an Spioraid Naoimh, Bishopstown, Cork, in 2001 and went onto study philosophy at college..
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