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  "id": 2076861,
  "title": "Lack of Leaving Cert did not stop college maths student",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/lack-of-leaving-cert-did-not-stop-college-maths-student",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T05:00:00.000Z",
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  "summary": "A university student who never sat her Leaving Cert wants pupils about to get their exam results to know that \"there are so many options to get to wherever you want to be\" regardless of how many CAO points they receive.",
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        "title": "Lack of Leaving Cert did not stop college maths student",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/lack-of-leaving-cert-did-not-stop-college-maths-student-2083541",
        "published": "2026-08-20T05:00:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}