The Minister for Education has called for "a heightened awareness and consciousness" around public health protocols for Leaving Certificate students and their families and friendship networks over the coming weeks.
With three weeks to go before the exams begin, Norma Foley said students had done "an amazing job". "Everything they have been asked to do they have done it with enormous good will and generosity," she said.
Visiting Pobalscoil Neasáin in Dublin, where more than 100 students will sit the exams, Ms Foley warned of "a critical period ahead" and urged students and those they mix with to continue to keep social distance, wear masks, and reduce contacts in advance of the exams.