{"id":484176,"date":"2026-06-05T07:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T07:59:12","slug":"english-paper-2-brings-surprises-for-leaving-cert-students-irish-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/484176\/","title":{"rendered":"English paper 2 brings surprises for Leaving Cert students &#8211; Irish Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiY0FVX3lxTFBoMWs2R1VtQmV2OTBQMjczcTNNSVRpUWJLVHVFY3pSaUdYbFRhclFEVlNGcWhOOTRxZjdvYmdheDBNQVNQSHU5WHJSejRuZ3ZHRDNxbmRuR0VBeURDSjY3OGFuZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">English paper 2 brings surprises for Leaving Cert students<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMingFBVV95cUxNUlNsS3lXUlhzeng4UExKdGg2c3hOaWQ5aHlsTXA4ekRORG8yOURSWnB4eWhpVUx0WmpCVXE0aHFnZGZncnpNTy1pbkpYWHRpVzA2UXZtZE8yMS1VbXQ0MlRhV2tGQ1JsZzdmeUQzN2hoeEJQNkxFaGFkUG5CXzZyZWxwSDV1UExxaENfT1puVUNydGJuaWUycXZBZGZYdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leaving Cert day two: English papers should reflect \u2018plummeting\u2019 literacy levels, says teacher<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxPNTZTUldfelZ2UksxU01lTmtORGE4a05DZVR6QmFxSWZxUkQ3T0RYR2UtcUF1VDNqVVBCUVBwY0VKYnh2RmtfV3JlZGswUVNsOE01SGpKb1NIaHZoQzhzaEY4VUNoa052SURFQ0s2WTV6TVBLd0YzMXpLU3h3REE4MThqeS1UdU9wekJYRDF2Y0Jsc0ZmQzAxSHVtV3FFMExvLVlXRkoxdm5QbU9mZVBsaVdweC04ZzAy?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Leaving Cert Diary 2026: A preference for English Paper 1 over Paper 2 by a landslide!<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAJBVV95cUxOQ2dzdDg3Yk5hSEhzX083RklJZlNWYXYyd19uelAtZGpFTkNGU1hEaTNoc2hpWWNWTExmR2NqV0JzVnFaemowN3MtNFZuV3h3c29NYnZDWG5YbVluTXlyQWEtNWhZb1M2eEpjYXhwaGlTOWYwMWJpVFZZUnVWM3BnTV9xU0hPZkRvbUdQelhreEs3UlVGU05rbEd6RWtOQXlJOWQ3V2QwbEZjenYwTEtONlNPUzFNTkFHT1kwck5TTHdMMmRiNlhkcVd1d2oxb1NFaklMWWZxWHZ1RWJwdk9wemRadTFCbS1DaHlISUhVWHd3TlhfaUtESUdJYWhwWndL?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018The nerves settle and then you just dog it out\u2019 \u2013 Relief all round as Wexford students kickstart Leaving Cert exams<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE1qeUNaTnhrb0VGbEt6VW9hdzNyYVY0TnFDUnJkYW9ybEU3a2JRZXd6c0FSbXlJWVI4OEhYUnZaOTZON3QtZFItWnA5OEIzZ1V1ejkybUVzdzlMQnM1eGVSYnVlN29ETHJvR1dNRl82cExkUXg0TGxwOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kilkenny students shift focus to Exam Day Three<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;KCLR 96FM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"English paper 2 brings surprises for Leaving Cert students&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish ExaminerLeaving Cert day two: English papers should reflect \u2018plummeting\u2019&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-484176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}