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Two Clane students get maximum Leaving Cert points

Two students at the Scoil Mhuire secondary school in Clane got the maximum points in the Leaving Cert – as students received their results online rather than the traditional visit to school to collect their envelopes. Ellen Fitzpatrick and Luke ...

08 Sept 2020 at 15:00

Local News

Pharmacists offer tips and advice to students ahead of State Examinations

Pharmacists are advising exam students and their parents to take steps to reduce stress and ensure it does not impact on exam performance. Over 100,000 students will spend this weekend revising in advance of their Junior and Leaving ...

03 Jun 2019 at 17:38

Mental health support group launched to help students deal with exam stress

Local News

Mental health support line launched to help students deal with exam stress

A free mental health support group to help students cope with stress from sitting the Leaving Certificate and college exams has been launched. Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, has announced that it is launching The ‘Exam ...

03 Jun 2022 at 11:19

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GUIDE: How to support young adults receiving exam results this week

Drinkaware the national independent charity working to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol is supporting parents to have a conversation with their children about alcohol prior to the Leaving Cert results being released this ...

30 Aug 2022 at 14:28

Teacher-based assessment for Leaving Certificate delayed over AI concerns

National News

Education minister seeks report on impact of AI on teacher-based assessment

Aspects of a reformed Leaving Certificate are to be assessed by the State Examinations Commission due to the potential impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on teacher-based assessment, the Education Minister has ...

20 Sept 2023 at 09:35

More than 60,000 students receive Leaving Certificate results

National News

More than 60,000 students to receive Leaving Certificate results

More than 60,000 students have received their Leaving Certificate results, in what will be the last year of grade inflation linked to the pandemic disruption to education. The State Examinations Commission (SEC) made ...

23 Aug 2024 at 15:59

National News

Record number of students begin Leaving and Junior Cert exams at schools in Ireland and Libya

A record number of students are due to begin their higher level examinations today (June 7). According to the State Examinations Commission (SEC), 135,033 candidates are sitting Leaving Certificate, Leaving ...

07 Jun 2023 at 10:24

National News

Results day for more than 61,000 Leaving Cert students

More than 61,000 students have received their Leaving Certificate results. Some 58,056 Leaving Cert students and 3,051 Leaving Cert Applied students sat exams across the country earlier this summer. Their ...

02 Sept 2022 at 11:12

National News

Someone was always going to cry unfairness at exam grade inflation – minister

There were always going to be cries of unfairness over the way the Leaving Cert was changed to reflect education gaps due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a minister has said. Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for ...

29 Aug 2024 at 09:31

National News

System for allocating college places ‘not the worst’, minister says

Ireland’s system for allocating college places is “not the worst”, the Higher Education Minister has said. Patrick O’Donovan defended the Central Applications Office (CAO) process as more than 56,000 ...

28 Aug 2024 at 16:44

National News

Leaving and Junior Cert underway as over 130,000 students expected to sit exams

The Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate Applied and Junior Cycle are underway today (Wednesday June 8) as over 130,000 candidates are expected to sit the examinations. Exams will be held for ...

08 Jun 2022 at 10:25

National News

'A desperate decision' - Opposition parties condemn reported plans to scrap hybrid LC

Opposition parties have decried reports that Education Minister Normal Foley is planning to rule out a hybrid approach to state exams, with Sinn Féin education spokesperson Donnchadh O' ...

01 Feb 2022 at 11:14

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