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Results joy for Ukrainian student who tackled Leaving Cert curriculum in a year

There were hugs, cheers and tears of joy at a secondary school in Dublin as some of the country’s 60,000 Leaving Certificate students collected their results. Approximately 80 students at Donahies Community School sat their exams in June, with a ...

25 Aug 2023 at 12:59

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Part of Leaving Cert reform shelved as education sector ‘grapples with AI’

Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring both benefits and challenges for State exams, the Education Minister has said as she shelved teacher-based assessments due to the potential impacts of the new technology. The State Examinations Commission ...

20 Sept 2023 at 15:56

Teacher-based assessment for Leaving Certificate delayed over AI concerns

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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 said. As part of ...

20 Sept 2023 at 09:35

National News

Leaving Certificate should be scrapped, Labour spokesman says

The Leaving Certificate should be “abolished”, Labour’s education spokesman has said. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the exam system is “one of the biggest mental health strains” on young people. Ó Ríordáin, a former school principal, made the ...

15 May 2024 at 15:02

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

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 ...

04 Jun 2024 at 13:30

More than 60,000 students receive Leaving Certificate results

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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 Leaving Cert ...

23 Aug 2024 at 15:59

National News

More than 56,000 applicants offered college course place

More than 56,000 applicants were given an offer of a college place on Wednesday afternoon. The Central Applications Office (CAO) issued 83,369 round one offers to a total of 56,571 applicants – split across courses at Level 8 or ...

28 Aug 2024 at 14:39

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

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 Further and Higher ...

29 Aug 2024 at 09:31

National News

Minister ‘very concerned’ at allegations of electrician exam papers being sold

Allegations that electrician exam papers are being sold are being taken “very seriously”, the further and higher education minister has said. James Lawless is taking details to Cabinet on Tuesday of reviews carried out ...

04 Nov 2025 at 19:48

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