Amy Richards cannot remember sitting her first English Leaving Cert exam on June 5th. She had undergone surgery after her appendix ruptured and became gangrenous just hours earlier. The 18-year-old ...

A Leaving Cert student, who was forced to leave an exam this week in agony with appendicitis before being rushed to hospital, has been denied access to the deferred exams next month. Catherine Doyle, ...

A Leaving Certificate student has described as "inhumane" having to sit an exam just hours after surgery. 18-year-old Amy Richards from Wexford has written to the Irish Times outlining her experience.

Ranchi: In an inspiring display of determination, Sneha, a Class XII student of DAV Public School, appeared for her board exam just three days after undergoing appendix surgery. She underwent the ...

A BURST appendix failed to stop determined A level student Sam Phillips achieving his university dream. The 18-year-old thought he had trapped wind as he started his two-and-a-half hour maths exam at ...