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‘No grades cliff edge’ for Leaving Certificate 2023 students

Education Minister Norma Foley has said there will be “no cliff edge” for grades in next year’s Leaving Certificate. The Fianna Fail TD said “very similar” accommodations will be made for the Leaving Cert class of 2023 that were made for this year’s ...

02 Sept 2022 at 14:46

Schools

Laois Leaving Cert numbers jump as exams begin

The number of students sitting the Leaving Cert 2025 has risen compared to the previous year, while the figure for students taking both Leaving and Junior Cert examinations in the country seems to have stabilised. Nearly 2,500 students begin their ...

04 Jun 2025 at 07:24

Local News

Leaving Cert Students of 2024 are the final year to receive a pandemic-adjusted Leaving Cert

This is the final Leaving Cert year where allowances will be made due to the impact of Covid-19 on studies. This year’s Leaving Cert students were in first and second year when the pandemic began. On Wednesday morning, students across the country ...

04 Jun 2024 at 17:52

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 131,431 students - a record-breaking figure - in ...

08 Jun 2022 at 10:25

Schools

Number sitting Leaving Cert and State exams rises again in Laois

Nearly 2,500 students began their Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in Laois this morning. Figures from the State Exams Commission (SEC) show that the number of students taking the Leaving, Junior and Leaving Cert Applied (LCA) exams ...

05 Jun 2024 at 12:52

Arts & Entertainment

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 coming Friday ...

30 Aug 2022 at 14:28

National News

'Someone please shoot me' - Irish students express panic online as Leaving Cert looms

Thousands of students across Ireland are making final preparations for Leaving Certificate examinations due to begin tomorrow (Wednesday June 5). The exams - which over 60,000 students are expected to undertake - will run from June 5 to June ...

04 Jun 2024 at 13:30

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 results were issued online from ...

02 Sept 2022 at 11:12

National News

Leaving Cert 2024: Everything you need to know ahead of the exams

Take a deep breath: after a few years of stop-start schooling, Wednesday will see the first of the written papers in this year’s Leaving Certificate when English paper one lands at 9.30am. As we quickly approach the start date of this ...

04 Jun 2024 at 11:20

Schools

Laois students urged to join new free online 'Exam Stress' support group

With the leaving cert getting underway this week, national mental health charity Turn2Me is launching a free mental health support group on Thursday, June 9 at 6pm. The ‘Exam Stress’ support group will be open to students of all ages ...

06 Jun 2022 at 10:58

Schools

Good luck: Over 2,000 students to begin State exams in Laois this morning

More than 2,000 students will begin their Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in Laois this morning. The State Exams Commission says it is a record year for State exams with 135,033 candidates applying for the Leaving, ...

07 Jun 2023 at 06:52

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 applicants were offered a ...

28 Aug 2024 at 16:44

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