Jammy student gets a Garda escort to the Leaving Cert
The first day of the Leaving Cert is stressful enough, but throw in missing the bus before the first exam and it’s literally your worst nightmare come true.
Luckily for 17-year-old Ian Fitzhenry, when this happened, he managed to make his way out of the sticky situation in some serious style.
The Limerick student flagged down a taxi when he realised that his bus wasn’t coming just 15 minutes before the exam.
At 9.15am, the taxi wasn’t much help as the cab driver found himself stuck in morning traffic. We can only imagine the panic Ian must have been feeling.
But what the taxi driver did next is brilliant. He pulled over a Garda car that he noticed was behind them and explained the situation.
According to Limerick’s Live 95FM, “the Gardai agreed to escort the cab right through to the city centre school. The lucky student arrived just three minutes before his Leaving Cert English paper one started.”
A big shout out has to go to the taxi driver and the Gardai for getting Ian there on time. What a great ending.
