How it all began

It all began about half a year ago when Colin and myself had left the domain idle. We had various ideas but they were all put aside. So Colin came up with the idea of writing about our school experience right up until the exams. At first we were both weary of the potential this idea had so we let it settle for a while. One day I decided to put the Idea into action and got the website up and running within a few hours.

Where it brought us

As we began to blog we tried out various styles and ways of writing. We wanted some solid honesty from a student point of view, fused together with a hint of humour to keep everyone in good form. It was around March that we got into the swing of things, along with the addition of our new crew member, Amy. We were now a team. Once the site started to get some attention, a writer for the Irish Times happened to find our website. Gráinne Faller got in contact with us and we all wrote up reviews. And from there on things took off.

We began bloging like crazy and in a way became addicted to it. Writing about all our exam experiences throughout the leaving certificate year. In addition the website got 4,000 visits and 11,000 page views in the last month. The site had become a success after the endless hours of effort we put in and it finally paid off.

What we plan to do now

Now that we have gotten something back from the project, we are once again filled with ideas, inspiration and creativity. We plan to do some major expansion to the project, which will go into development over the summer. Full details of the new project will be released within the coming months. Rest assured it will be a big step forward for this growing community. What we can say is, there will be a lot of new features and things to do on the new site.

Interested?

We will be looking for Beta testers throughout the summer. We would love to know what you would like to see in the new website. If you think you would be interested in testing and getting a sneak peak of the website before everyone else does then drop us a line,

info[at]leaving-cert[dot]net

or use our contact page and email us.