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Thu 08 Aug 2006Student excels despite illnessGalway result:A Galway student managed seven A1s despite being out of school with a rare kidney disease since the end of February.No one was more surprised than Diarmuid Ó Ceallaigh (18) when he got his results as he was not sure if he was even going to be able to sit through the first exam.