HL Spanish??

Like you said its so unpredicable so I don't know how much credit this has but, I've heard weight (apparently theres been a big healthy eating programme or something like that launched in spain) and emigration or imigration.. not sure why on that one!

They're both probably wrong but heyho

Ok. Don't panic! These are the suggestions my teacher has stressed to me in preparation for the Spanish exam.
In terms of the aural just keep playing the cd or finish the last chapters of vamos a escuchar if you have it. Weather always comes up so revise the vocab.

Written: Journalistic, Read the text and write points on what is actually said on the side of the page of the text in the paragraphs in English. You do not need to understand every word but if you don't understand something try to understand the sentence from its context.

Small comprehensions are straightforward, not too much of a word.

After this I would tackle the dialogue (what I'm doing)
Learn basic idioms.. me cuesta mucho, tengo ganas de, me da cuenta
You do not necessarily need to translate what is said literally.
If the person is writing in the usted form.. you reply in the usted form)

The Note (What i'm doing)
Take your time, Cover each point as best as you can, Try to bring Spanish culture in eg. Most Spanish towns have a plaza de espana, El corte ingles hypermarket (un gran almacen- the e has an accent), Telepizza (Spanish Dominos). You can try to use your oral notes in this.. particularly the roleplays if you can manipulate well.

Section B: Follow same technique.. try to translate paragraph from paragraph and writes points (few words) of summary for each paragraph... and answer questions.. be careful with Explanations of Spanish equivalents and take your time.

Opinion: Do a plan, state your side of opinion and say in 1 paragraph how it affects society/life today, No estoy de acuerdo con esta afirmacion que... Es corriente que se escuche este problema en la sociedad irlandesa. then write a paragraph on how it affects you (ex: climate change, Personalmente tengo 18 anos y como estudiante de bachillerato o sea el "Leaving Cert" tengo muchas hojas por todo mi dormitorio. Porque estan hecho de papel intento a reciclarlas cuando pueda. Por eso como se puede decir que los irlandeses no se dan cuenta de la gravedad de este problema-LC 2008) (Sorry if my Spanish is very complicated.. that's just my writing style. It does not need to be this way to get a high grade)

Then balance your opinion state what one might say LC 2008 Es correcto decir que en Irlanda no hay una gran consciencia sobre los malos efectos del cambio climatico.. pero en realidad somos seres humanos y la vida para nosotros consiste en tantas cosas. Muchos piensan de otros asuntos como la familia, la profesion y por encima de todo (above all) el tigre celta. Mucha gente se preocupa del desempleo, de la crisis economica y pues en realidad hay algunos que pueden olvidar, a menudo, este problema global.

Then state some solutions in the final paragraph again in LC 2008 you could say.. pues a lo mejor hace falta que el gobierno eduque a todos de los inconvenientes de este problema global... Then again with something like. Espero con toda mi corazon que este problema resuelve para el futuro de las proximas generaciones de personas en la Tierra.

In short you probably know more than you think.. just keep going over everything and you will be fine. Also Try to look over aspects of Spanish culture, such as the Spanish Royal Family (The queen was on the tape last year), Look over A spanish map of different cities and the different festivals or 'fiestas' i.e. la tomatina, carnaval celebrated in Spain. Knowing about the Spanair crash in aug, the train bombing in Madrid, problem with immigration. Many moroccans try to flee to Spain for a better life.
Hope that was some help.
Good luck! Buena Suerte!