Two weeks to go: the do’s and don’ts of the run-up to the Leaving Cert
If managed properly, you can still boost your potential grade performance
‘Male toxic’ environment contributing to inequality in schools
Girls are being put off studying subjects such as woodwork, says Fine Gael’s Regina Doherty
Thinking of changing your CAO course selection?
Time to review your selection in order to get them right by the July 1st deadline
Assessment of pupils ‘a red line issue’ ASTI conference is told
Delegates concerned that changes will break a that ‘has served us well’
Fees for State exams to be waived this year
Minister for Education confirms move for Leaving Cert and Junior Cert students
A Leaving Cert student writes: ‘School has been anything but normal. So, why return to normal exams?’
Students say their education has been seriously disrupted over the past two years
‘Absolutely the wrong decision’: Move to return to traditional Leaving Cert criticised
Calls for Government to consider another hybrid Leaving Cert instead of written exams
Tusla apologises to mother and son for ‘clear errors’ in file
Autistic teen sent to Belfast says he felt ‘abandoned’ during his 15 months there
What will you do after completing the Leaving Cert?
Options to consider – and reasons to be cheerful – when selecting your move after the exam
The Secret Teacher: We’re pushing our super learners into a squeezed middle
Grade bands for both the Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert are due an overhaul
The suspension of Junior Cert exams in recent years is a cause for hope
The pandemic has opened a pathway to a more open and less prescriptive curriculum and assessment model at Junior Cycle
What are your options if you are disappointed with your CAO offer?
There are alternatives to the traditional route to further your education
Evolving career routes boost options for school leavers
Further education programmes, apprenticeships and traineeships offer career progression and skills enhancement outside the traditional CAO system
Swine flu cases settlements totalling over €4.5m approved by High Court
Plaintiffs claimed they developed narcolepsy following vaccination
Rise in number of young people detained in Oberstown for ‘very serious crimes’
Higher proportion detained on longer sentences for offences such as murder
What I learned growing up as a gay Jehovah’s Witness in north Cork
Jamie O’Connell: ‘I am still untangling the black roots of self-hatred imposed on me’
TV spectrum technology could provide alternative for rural broadband
Microsoft Airband successfully trialled in Co Cavan
Thinking of changing your course selection?
Now is the time to review your CAO course selection in order to get them right by the July 1st deadline.
The Secret Teacher: Must we go back to State exams as we know them next year?
We have here a real opportunity to conduct proper reform
Man involved in high-speed car chase jailed for three and a half years
Court heard man threw garden equipment out of stolen car windows as gardaí followed
Irish-language groups call for postponing of process for new Leaving Cert syllabus
Joint call made for pause to process pending analysis of recent junior cycle changes
What to consider when selecting your next move after Leaving Cert
Questions to help determine your career path
A-level and GCSE exams cancelled for 2021 in Northern Ireland
A further 13 deaths and 1,985 additional coronavirus infections registered in North
Ireland poised to be first in the world to map its entire seabed
Infomar project, to be completed by 2026, will help predict impact of storms and floods
Teachers are pulling out all the stops yet education continues to be underfunded
Covid-19 will place further challenges but we will keep on giving. It’s in our nature
Alternative career routes boost options for school-leavers
Practical, hands-on courses offer career progression and skills enhancement outside the traditional CAO system
Minister insists Leaving Cert students’ results will be ‘accurate, reliable and fair’ to all
Controversy in Scotland after government reverses the downgrading of 124,000 students’ calculated grades
Minister promises Leaving Cert students grades will be assessed fairly
Recognising what happened in Scotland ‘may cause anxiety for Irish students’
Most children at Oberstown were not engaged in education before being sent there
Almost a third of youths in the north Co Dublin children’s detention centre had lost one or both of their parents
Catholic Archbishop of Dublin hopes more than 50 may be allowed at Sunday Masses
Archbishop Martin says recognition exists that needs of Catholic Church different to those of smaller denominations
Exam weather: Large crowds gather at Dublin swimming spots
Hottest day of the year to date brings large crowds to the capital’s beaches
Will Junior Cycle exam cancellation scupper my son’s plans to do an apprenticeship?
Ask Brian: Junior Cycle is minimum entry requirements for many apprenticeships
Galway school opts out of this year’s Junior Cert exams
Coláiste Bhaile Chláir says students will be graded by teachers as tests in new term too stressful
Coronavirus in Ireland: What we know so far
Q&A: What are the numbers? How are restrictions enforced? How does the virus spread?
Leaving Cert students: ‘We just need clarity now’
We invited Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate students to share their thoughts with us about how their preparations have been impacted by the pandemic.
CAO Countdown: What to consider when selecting the next move after the Leaving Cert
Can you put the facts about yourself together to see what picture may emerge?
The Secret Teacher: Desperately seeking a Junior Cycle sample paper
Third years are preparing for the first-ever exams in a range of subjects so why are we only seeing the first sample papers now?
Ana Kriegel murder: Oberstown not used to handling convicted murderers
Boys will likely do their Junior Cert there, it’s less common for detainees to sit Leaving Cert
Minister urged to act in Irish-language dispute at Dundalk school
Students at Coláiste Lú unit say reduction in teaching through Irish has affected exam preparation
Case of teen who drove at 240km/h referred to higher court
Youth stole mother’s car and was pursued, finally colliding with armed response vehicle
Alternative career routes boost options for school-leavers
Practical, hands-on courses offer career progression and skills enhancement outside the traditional CAO system
Alternatives to CAO: Can they be a good first choice – even for high-points students?
Third-level is not the only option after the Leaving Cert – there are other opportunities out there
The best school for your child? New Irish research has news for parents
Smart Money: Going to a fee-paying school does not guarantee the best education
New space at Birr Castle will advance astronomical education
AstroLands will stage space camps and workshops
Change of mind: students told to check CAO choices ahead of deadline
Last chance for students to change your minds and check course choices are correct
Taoiseach backs Junior Cert resits for students who suffer bereavement
Leo Varadkar says the extension of provision for Leaving Cert pupils would be ‘sensible’
Junior Cert CSPE: ‘Addressed core concepts’
Candidates asked to comment on CSPE being examined in the Junior Cert for the last time
Junior Cert English: ‘A good start to the exams’
Concern that some questions on higher level paper were not harder than ordinary level
CAO Q&A: Everything you need to know about the change of mind process in 2019
Brian Mooney on how to approach the CAO process and get your course choice right
Examiner shortage poses ‘challenge’ to State exam standards
Education authorities struggling to recruit teachers to correct Junior and Leaving Cert
History to remain optional at Junior Cert, under draft report
Final decision rests with Minister for Education
Leaving Cert results brought busiest day for Samaritans helpline
Richard Bruton says there are strong calls for a change in the way the exams are structured
Should history be compulsory for Junior Cert students?
Minister for Education Joe McHugh is considering reinstating history as a core subject. Two education observers offer the case for and against
‘Critical’ shortage of engineering graduates
55% decrease in civil and building engineering graduates over the last five years
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