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Fri 06 Jun 2010'Crazy gamble' of banking on Eavan Boland fails to pay

LEAVING CERT ENGLISH PAPER 2:THE “SHOCK exclusion” of Eavan Boland from yesterday’s English exam stunned students, as well as punters who took a gamble on Paddy Power’s favoured line-up for the higher paper.

“Anyone who invested all their effort in Eavan Boland took a crazy gamble,” said Jim Lusby of the Institute of Education in Dublin.