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If you are the parent of an examination student, you will know all too well that after the high point of Easter comes the countdown to the Junior and Leaving Certificate.

There is less than a week to go until this year's Leaving Cert class sit down to take the first written paper. It has been a two-year programme like no other in the almost 100-year history of this examination.

Sinn Féin TD for Roscommon/Galway Claire Kerrane, has called on the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan TD, to take decisive action to tackle the massive driving test backlog.

Join King Lear Intensive Revision Seminar, October 28th (Mid Term Break) via Zoom! With all the uncertainty of the past few months, there is a lot of concern from both Leaving Certificate 2021 students and their parents. Many feel unprepared after missing several months of school throughout the year.

The National Car Testing Service began a phased reopening of its service with the reopening 15 of the 47 centres in Ireland - only three of which are in the western region - Galway city, Athlone and Ballina.

Q: The closing date is tomorrow. Last night, after much procrastination, I finally opened the application form and started to fill it out. I failed. Between the requests for examples of competencies, exhaustive previous experience, exact number of months worked, and a whole host of other questions, I just couldn’t get it done. Is this a common experience? I hate missing out on this job opportunity but I simply ran out of road. (LD, email).

As the Junior and Leaving Cert exams get underway this week, it is normal for students and parents, to become overwhelmed by the high level of stress and anxiety that comes hand-in-hand with state exams.

There is good news for people who have been waiting for a chance to join An Garda Síochána. The Public Appointments Service is currently accepting applications for An Garda Síochána on its website www.publicjobs.ie. Applications will continue to be accepted until Tuesday January 5 2016. Even better news is that Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, has announced that up to 600 new Garda trainees will be recruited in 2016.

In association with the Galway Advertiser’s classified website classifieds.advertiser.ie/jobs, Sarah Williams of Sigmar Recruitment explains how the same principles apply to studying for an exam as preparing for a job interview

Have you got what it takes to be one of the cleverest people in Ireland – officially?