Podcast: Leaving Cert crammers After weeks of tortuous negotiations, the Government announced a plan for the Leaving Cert. Students will be offered the choice of a written exam or ... Your Politics • 18 Feb
Harris: 'Beyond unhelpful' to walk away from exam talks The Minister for Further and Higher Education has said that it is "beyond unhelpful that anyone would walk away" from talks around this year's Leaving ... Education • 12 Feb
Talks on Leaving Cert exams and possible alternative This year's Leaving Certificate students could be offered a choice between examinations and an alternative measure, according to the Department of Education. Education • 05 Feb
'Viable' prospect of Leaving Cert going ahead - ASTI The possibility of Leaving Certificate exams going ahead as normal is still "a live and viable" prospect, according to the General Secretary of one of ... Education • 24 Jan
Universities caution over places for impacted students The president of the University of Limerick has said there may not be places at the university for all of the students affected by errors ... Education • 04 Oct 20
The week the calculated grades process unravelled Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly looks back on a week when the much-hyped calculated grades process for the Leaving Cert unravelled. Education • 03 Oct 20
Deadline to register for Leaving Cert extended - Foley The deadline for registration to sit this year's postponed Leaving Certificate exams has been extended from tomorrow to next Wednesday, Minister for Education Norma Foley ... Education • 01 Oct 20
Downgrading costs Dublin student a place in Medicine Identical twins Aaron and Conor Daly from Rathcoole in Co Dublin had identical ambitions to study medicine. Education • 30 Sep 20
I'm a Leaving Cert student - What happens now? With errors identified in the Leaving Cert calculated grades system, how is the situation going to be resolved? Calculated Grades System • 30 Sep 20
2019 Leaving Cert student brings challenge over grades A student who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2019 has brought a High Court challenge after missing out on her first choice of university course. Courts • 17 Sep 20
School calculated grades available to students The Leaving Cert class of 2020 are now able to find out what marks they were awarded by their schools. Education • 14 Sep 20
Nerves aplenty as Athlone students wait for CAO text Midlands students glued to their phones for their fate to be decided in a text alert sent from the CAO. Coronavirus • 12 Sep 20
Relief for Waterford brothers as school days over Two Waterford brothers who have been through more than most together in recent years will be heading off to college together in the coming weeks ... Regional • 11 Sep 20
96% at Dublin grinds school have LC grades reduced Almost every pupil at a Dublin grinds school has had at least one grade reduced in the Leaving Cert with 96% affected. Education • 10 Sep 20
Students have 'many options' as exam results published Students who may be disappointed with their Leaving Certificate results have "many, many options" and are being urged not to panic as this year's calculated ... Education • 07 Sep 20
Record high results for Leaving Cert class of 2020 Around 60,000 students in the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 will receive results, which are available online today, with grades higher than any other year ... Education • 07 Sep 20
After calculated grades, life was real test for teacher The German and Maths teacher at Scoil Mhuire Secondary School in Trim has one thing in common with his Leaving Certificate students this year as ... Analysis and Comment • 07 Sep 20
Concern over results timing for home-schooled student A High Court judge has expressed concern that the Minister for Education "cannot guarantee" that a home-schooled Leaving Cert student will get any calculated grades ... Courts • 25 Aug 20
All you need to know about Calculated Grades RTÉ's Education Correspondent Emma O Kelly looks at some of the most frequently asked questions about this year's Calculated Grades system for Leaving Certificate students. Education • 16 Aug 20
Leaving Cert portal deadline extended as 98% register The Department of Education has said that 98% of Leaving Certificate students have registered for the calculated grades student portal. Education • 28 May 20
Guidelines for teachers on LC grading to be published Guidelines governing the role of teachers and schools in the collating of calculated grades for Leaving Certificate students will be published tomorrow, the Minister for ... Education • 20 May 20
Trust teachers: The idea at heart of this year's exams In normal times such a decision - to require teachers to judge their own students for such a high stakes process as the Leaving Certificate ... Analysis and Comment • 09 May 20
Amid uncertainty, what is known about the Leaving Cert? Much of the uncertainty surrounding this year's Leaving Certificate exams is inevitable, and there are things that can't be decided upon now as nobody knows ... Analysis and Comment • 03 May 20
FF, SF critical of Leaving Cert roadmap 'oversight' Fianna Fáil has called on the Government to cancel this year's Leaving Certificate and work on what it calls "fair alternatives", while Sinn Féin has ... Coronavirus • 02 May 20
Leaving Cert student's 30-hour week on Covid frontline Ian McDonagh is busy these days. The 18-year-old Leaving Certificate student is studying for his exams. He is also working a 30-hour week as a ... Education • 02 May 20
