The proportion of students dropping out of school before completing their Leaving Certificate remains higher than pandemic ...

Speaking on the strip, 18-year-old Oisín Reynolds, from Wicklow, says: “I think O’Neill’s sponsor Albufeira at this stage.” ...

You would hope that, now it is over, the kids will be able to relax, but this is not the end. The next part is harder. When ...

Aimee Harper is the Irish Independent Leaving Cert diarist for 2026. Aimee (19) is a sixth-year student at Coláiste Chiaráin in Leixlip, Co Kildare. In her seventh entry, Aimee gives her thoughts on ...

Two deaf students in Ireland are campaigning to have Irish Sign Language (ISL) made a Leaving Cert subject. Shane Hamilton, 17, and Ellie Woods, 18, are both Leaving Certificate students at the Holy ...

There were “signs of relief” around many exam centres on Tuesday, with “well-constructed” and student-friendly papers as the second week of the 2026 State examinations continued. Tuesday saw students ...

The last entry of the Leaving Cert Diary 2026 series is here, as out student blogger looks back on a bust few weeks.

Ireland's State Examinations Commission (SEC) released Leaving Certificate 2024 results today to students who sat this year’s Leaving Certificate Established, Leaving Certificate Applied, and Leaving ...

This year’s English paper 2, traditionally an exam where students “need every minute”, offered plenty to ruminate on, including a surprise or two, such as the absence of a poet hotly tipped to appear.

Dr Susan McCormick from Trinity College Dublin is here to help all you Leaving Cert Music students on Study Hub 2026 - part of Today with David McCullagh on RTÉ Radio 1. Leaving Cert Music • 29 May ...

More than 70,000 students begin State exams this week amid changes to grading and subject offerings ...