You can never be overdressed or overeducated, according to Oscar Wilde — and one bunch of recent secondary school graduates seem to have taken that lesson to heart. They each have more than a dozen years' education clocked up as they finished secondary school, but due to Covid restrictions there can't be debs balls and formal graduation parties. The teens have just recently graduated from Ashton Secondary School on Blackrock Road in Cork city. Michael O'Connor is one of the rather dapper students who opted to mark the milestone with style. I'm going to work for a year and look at college next year," he explained.

Source: Irish Examiner July 06, 2021 09:00 UTC