As this year's Leaving Certificate is cancelled Ivan is joined by a panel made up of the Minister for Education, Joe McHugh, Editor of the Education Matters Yearbook and guidance counsellor Brian Mooney, Labour Party TD Aodhan O’Riordain, and the student who started the online petition to have the exam cancelled, Daniel Cremin, to discuss their views on the situation.

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