A mother is furious after her daughter, who has health issues, was stopped from sitting her Leaving Cert Irish oral exam because she was not wearing a mask.
Lorraine Preston (38), from Ayrfield, north Dublin, showed the Irish Independent a medical note, which stated in October last year that Mikayla Preston (17) should be exempt from wearing a face mask or visor. The letter explained the schoolgirl has “a long history of anxiety and asthma”.
She claimed that, despite repeated attempts by her daughter to enter Donahies Community School in Dublin's Donaghmede without a mask, the school did not allow her access.