The consensus among Leaving Cert students in Cork was that the exams have been going well.

At St Mary's College, Macroom, Sarah Keating said that despite the disruption caused by the teachers' strike earlier in the year, she and her friends had been coping well. The ordinary-level Irish paper was "okay" and higher-level English and maths were "fairly easy". Her classmate Laoise N∅ Charthaigh agreed.At Scoil Mhuire, Ruth O'Leary felt the English paper had been somewhat bland buthigher-level maths had been better than expected. Clodagh Hogan said the Irish paper had been very fair although the comprehension section was difficult. The maths paper threw up something of a surprise with the format of the problems, she said. Joanne McCarthy and Louise Keane from Scoil Mhuire also said the exam so far had been "straightforward enough" and felt that the papers rewarded study if the hours had been put in.

PJ Kiely from Christian Brothers College said none of the papers had posed particular difficulties and said the strike had allowed more time for hard study at home. All of the students agreed that for students sitting history in the afternoon, seven hours in the exam centres was far too long.