Girls’ parents Cristian Pistea and Ana Carolina Rodrigues Pimentel have been trying since 2024 to secure places at any school

Campaigners call for reform of ‘pressure cooker’ points system

Leaving Cert students to find out points requirements for third-level courses amid CAO first-round offers

Applications for veterinary medicine, physiotherapy and medicine all increased this year

Grades may be down, but applications to college are up

Unrealistic expectations from Department of Education also cited as factors in DCU study

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Leaving Cert results have been delivered to more than 730 second-level schools, and are available online now

Percentage of H1 grades falls from 12.1% to 10.1% as State continues unwinding of measure

Lecturer Keith Murphy, who left school at 14 and was diagnosed with dyslexia years later, says better supports needed at second level

Irish Times analysis shows counties with the lowest demand for change are Monaghan and Longford

Financial, housing and healthcare assistance not delivered since Taoiseach issued State apology in February

‘My heart just sank,’ said one mature student after being informed the Academy of Play and Child Psychotherapy was pulling the plug on course

Four Irish teenagers talk about navigating friendships and social hierarchies in the era of social media and the manosphere

Students and staff had thought the process was under way, but institution is to close