Students could earn CAO points for wider skills under new reforms
School leaders support move to reward team work and communication skills
Henry, Ballagh and O’Donoghue lead impressive list
Morgan O’Driscoll sale features big names in Irish art as well as newcomers
Why the Government killed off the hybrid Leaving Cert
Analysis: Lack of key data would have ‘seriously weakened’ estimated grades process
Butcher’s Dozen – Arthur Beesley on Thomas Kinsella’s poem about Bloody Sunday and a judicial whitewash
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Leaving Cert may end up as traditional exam as ‘school profiling’ ruled out
Use of historical data discarded as ‘too problematic’ as format decision likely soon
Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland
Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive
Pandemic movie wins top award at Dublin International Film Festival
Best film winner Apples will be presented as an artefact of the Covid era in years to come
UCC music department welcomes record bequest of €2m
Gift from estate of Sidney V Regan to help equip new studio and support students
Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada
Worst sporting moment: Decline of the International Rules series
Brawling, indiscipline and a near life-altering tackle in the 2006 Croke Park Test ‘killed it’
Burglar found hiding on golf course after Cork crime spree jailed
Laurence Connors rammed garda car before leading officers on high speed car chase
Books in brief: From Standish O’Grady to austerity Britain
Plus: New light on the Irish Citizen Army, and a novel on the minutiae of mental illness
Would you like to be the first Traveller president? ‘I wouldn’t say no’
Dr Sindy Joyce speaks about appointment to Council of State
An ‘groovy babóg’ ón Spidéal atá fós ar a léim lúith
Caoga bliain ó shin a thosnaigh Seán Bán Breathnach ar a cheird
Secondary schools to share teachers in bid to ease staff shortages
Many schools struggling to hire teachers in subjects such as maths, science and languages
Awards shows and boutique festivals: This week’s traditional music highlights
Gradam Ceoil winners will take to the stage in Belfast for the second year in a row
Liam Ó Muirthile: ceardaí focal, craftsman of words
Philip King, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, Liam Carson, Caitríona Ní Chléirchín, Diarmaid de Faoite pay tribute
Profile: Liadh Ní Riada’s rapid Sinn Féin ascent
MEP and daughter of composer Seán Ó Riada named as party’s candidate for presidency
Maamtrasna murders: relatives call on Britain to dismiss case
Maolra Seoighe is pardoned 136 years after he was hanged for crimes he did not commit
Fianna Fáil frontbenchers do not back Ó Cuív presidential bid
Timmy Dooley says he is following party policy and supporting Michael D Higgins
Judge says offenders are wasting suspended sentence chances
Great effort goes into rehabilitating peoplegiven opportunities, court hears
Taxpayers face €200m bill for underused toll road
State has paid €34m to compensate for lower traffic flows in Limerick Tunnel
Last of the worst-hit schools prepare to open after snow
Local farmers dig in to help reopen schools in Wexford and Kildare
State-run secondary school pupils may opt out of religion classes
Move aimed at reflecting changing student profile and decrease in religious belief
International Rules: Will the crowds flock like they once did?
The biggest crowds at the games came in the revived concept between 1999 and 2006
Galway finding their way again under Kevin Walsh
Manager has led young side to Connacht Senior Football Championship final once again
UCC production line has delivered for Cork hurling
Nearly half of the 52 players listed on Sunday have passed through the Cork college
Caranua used survivors’ redress funds to pay for offices
Independents4Change TDs ‘inundated’ with complaints about independent State body
Ireland’s oldest person Sarah Clancy dies aged 108
Connemara woman returned to An Cheathrú Rua in 1988 after spending decades in US
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