The Killarney Advertiser wanted to hear students' views about the traditional Leaving Cert going ahead for the 2022 exams. Here is what they had to say:

Jack Lynch - Lissivigeen “I am in favour of a sit-down exam. [With predictive grading] the standards are gone. We set goals for the last five years and it’s weird to change it at the last minute.”

Ciaran Cronin Beaufort “I think predictive grades should not be a thing. We missed two or three months in Fifth Year – let's be honest no one did anything [during lockdown] so there should be a wider choice of questions to be answered in each paper. I also think points will go down without predictive grades.”

Mark Clifford Tralee Road “I am not for either – I think choice is the best option I think students should get their own choice [following the pandemic] and a few years down the line cement it in again.”