'I got 315 points...cried,' Carlow councillor tweets about his Leaving Cert experience
Published 13th Aug 2019, 10:59 BST
Updated 13th Aug 2019, 11:00 BST
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A Carlow councillor has tweeted about his Leaving Cert experience to reassure local students that the State exam is "a blip in the memory".
In a post on social media, Cllr Brian O'Donoghue said: "I got 315 points. Cried.
"Drove to Cork to show my dad who was undergoing treatment for leukaemia. Ended up doing a course in Carlow that I didn’t know existed. Made friends for life.
"The Leaving Cert is a blip in the memory."