More doing German

This year 7,627 students sat German Leaving Cert and 25,758 sat the French paper.

In German 6.4 per cent obtained an A1 on the honours paper.

The number sitting the German paper this year is up by 365 on last year.

There were 346 students sitting Russian Leaving Cert. 68.2 per cent received an A1 on the honours paper.

1,320 sat the Relgious Education paper of whom 3.1 per cent received an A1 on the honours paper.