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Leaving Cert results: ‘Painful’ random selection expected to be used again for several top courses
This year marked the first stage of a gradual reduction in post-marking upward adjustment
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Repeating the Leaving Cert is not a path to be taken lightly and it is not suitable for everyone
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Leaving Cert 2025: Take a moment to be proud of your accomplishments
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Leaving Cert appeals process 'can be cathartic', says one guidance counsellor
What impact will 2025 Leaving Cert results have on the CAO?
Leaving Cert grades still subject to an ongoing distorting effect
Leaving Cert results day 2025: How grades will mark a gradual return to pre-Covid-19 norms
Leaving Cert students to receive results after six uniquely challenging years
Beyond Leaving Cert results: From CAO offers to further education, what are the next steps?
Leaving Cert students are about to discover the fruits of their labour
Leaving Cert grades for 2025 will drop back by average of just over 1% on 2024 results
2025 Leaving Cert results will be available on Candidate Self Service Portal on State Examinations Commission portal
Could this be the most controversial set of Leaving Cert results in history?
This year there has been – as expected – a drop in the average grades
Advice on life in college: ‘Always start writing that report earlier than you think you need to’
Recent TCD and UL graduates offer advice for incoming first years, as well as some professional tips and regrets
Leaving Cert results 2025: Five key takeaways
Class of 2025 is largest group to sit the Leaving Cert for the first time - which may impact CAO
Tips for first-year college students: Recent graduates offer advice and share biggest regrets
Recent UCD and DCU graduates offer advice for incoming first years, and share their regrets
The night before Leaving Cert results: Take a deep breath and silence the background noise
Our Classroom to College newsletter is the perfect guide to keep you on track ahead of CAO offers
‘I was commuting from Meath for three hours a day, so I know that it can be hard’
Health students are getting involved in programmes which help their work life balance
‘The idea of students who go to class during the day and party in the evening is dying’
Many third-level students don’t have time to socialise or get involved in clubs and societies
Key dates for the 2025 Leaving Cert class to know
All you need to know about available places, viewing scripts and much more
Leaving Cert results: Will 2025 students be badly disadvantaged by grade deflation?
Some 28% of CAO applicants this year are deferral students who received ‘bumper’ grades
Does the Leaving Cert prepare you for life? Singer Mary Coughlan and a school principal debate
Mary Coughlan has watched her children and grandchildren trying to fit into the Leaving Cert system, while principal John McHugh says it teaches key life skills
Student accommodation: Irish on-campus costs revealed with most expensive room at €11,888 a year
Cheapest on-campus option at UCD is a shared bedroom in Village 1 at €5,722
Carl O’Brien: ‘Why grade deflation for Leaving Cert students might not be such a bad thing’
Lower grades may mean lower points requirements across many degree courses
A Leaving Cert holiday on Zante: ‘The beauty prep and wardrobe for girls is bonkers’
Students’ annual holiday pilgrimage is in full swing and some parents are even jetting out to stay nearby just in case
Hpat: Can students be ‘coached’ to pass aptitude tests for entry to medical school?
Tests aimed at assessing skills suited to medicine were introduced in 2009. Now, medical schools want to downgrade their importance amid equity and integrity concerns
Leaving Cert party on Zante: ‘If I had children, I wouldn’t want them to go on a holiday like this’
Greek party island is buzzing this week with Irish teenagers enjoying blistering heat, booze cruises and beach parties
Carl O’Brien: ‘What every student (and parent) should know ahead of CAO deadline day’
Every year hundreds of students don’t get any offer - all because they never spotted a crucial email lurking in their spam folder
Carl O’Brien: ‘Are grinds really worth it?
Booming private tuition sector promises top grades but studies raise questions about its true effectiveness
Leaving Cert grinds industry: ‘Salaries scales for the top teachers can be 100 to 250 grand’
Teacher poaching rows and claims of ‘unsustainable’ wages are part and parcel of a highly competitive private tuition sector
Carl O’Brien: ‘It’s Leaving Cert holiday time: euphoria for students, despair for parents’
The silence may seem unnerving at first. No doors slamming, no mysterious thumps upstairs - but, then, something shifts ...
Leaving Cert holidays 2025: Pupils and parents on ‘hellish’ Albufeira, ‘crazy’ Zante and ‘cultural’ Berlin
For parents, this can be a nerve-racking time, ‘but you also have to let them experience things’
Leaving Cert physical education (PE): Students pushed for time with longer questions
Candidates had to ‘race through’ sections only to be faced with more daunting long answers
Leaving Cert economics: A ‘great paper’ with topical questions
Students hoping for high marks needed to have studied entire course
Carl O’Brien: ‘Why many of today’s apprentices are out-earning college graduates’
School leavers have a choice of some 77 apprenticeship programmes across every sector of the economy from ICT to financial services
Leaving Cert music: A challenging paper with some familiar Irish musicians
Hozier, the Cranberries, Dermot Kennedy and Cian Ducrot make appearance
Officials investigate after teacher is alleged to have helped students during Leaving Cert exam at Dublin school
Education authority says its takes responsibility to uphold integrity of the State exams with ‘utmost seriousness’
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