Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
Porn before puberty in Ireland: ‘It is horrible, and it’s in every school’
Half of schoolchildren have seen pornography by age of 13, including ‘very, very disturbing images’. Is there a case for a UK-style social media ban for under-16s?
‘You’re almost an afterthought’: Five men on how fatherhood has transformed their lives
From their sense of selves to their social lives and their relationships with their partners, six dads discuss the differences having children made to their lives
‘An identity earthquake’: The biological and psychological impact of fatherhood on men
Patrescence, the physical and mental transition to becoming a dad, is a recent concept recognising the isolation men can sometimes feel in fatherhood
Classroom to College: Just a few more days until freedom, but don’t forget CAO change-of-mind deadline
Just two more days of exams to come
More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say
Parents suggest extra marks could help level the playing field for dyslexic students
Leaving Cert students look forward to the end of exams
Leaving Cert students look forward to the end of exams
Fostering 30 children: ‘You don’t just change their lives, they change yours as well’
Helen Ogbu would ‘absolutely’ encourage other people to consider fostering, but points to the State needing to support foster carers too
Leaving Cert week three: How to stay motivated for the final hurdle
‘It takes resilience. Keep going, the finish line is in sight’
‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far
Students found history and maths particularly challenging
Leaving Certificate Applied: ‘If you’re a more practical person, it is really good’
Reduced emphasis on exams can suit some students
Leaving Cert 2026: Exams body apologises for error in biology paper
Irish paper two praised as fair and manageable
Sophie should be doing her Junior Cert exams, but instead she’s sorting out her wardrobe
Mother of student with dyslexia made the difficult decision that her daughter shouldn’t sit the exams
Siblings at exam time: ‘You will be unfairly treated... When it’s your turn the same will apply to you’
Psychotherapist Colman Noctor would much prefer to see a child approaching the exams in a ‘chilled’ fashion, rather than ‘stressed out of it’
A quick summer survival guide for parents of Irish teenagers
Jen Hogan: Three months of nothingness lies ahead for some secondary school students