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Universities caution over places for impacted students

Education • 04 Oct

Minister for Education Norma Foley defended what she described as layers of oversight in the process

The week the calculated grades process unravelled

Education • 03 Oct

Norma Foley speaking in the Dáil this evening

Deadline to register for Leaving Cert extended - Foley

Education • 01 Oct

Aaron and Conor Daly were awarded identical calculated grades

Downgrading costs Dublin student a place in Medicine

Education • 30 Sep

A helpline has been opened by the Department of Education

I'm a Leaving Cert student - What happens now?

Calculated Grades System • 30 Sep

Martha Woods missed out on a place in dentistry in UCC this year after the entry requirement rose by 23 points

2019 Leaving Cert student brings challenge over grades

Courts • 17 Sep

Students have until 5pm on Wednesday to lodge an appeal

School calculated grades available to students

Education • 14 Sep

Ceanna Murphy is overjoyed as she sees the CAO text confirming she has enough points for her first choice at NUIG

Nerves aplenty as Athlone students wait for CAO text

Coronavirus • 12 Sep

The O'Gorman brothers are both heading to Mary Immaculate College in Limerick

Relief for Waterford brothers as school days over

Regional • 11 Sep

Grade reductions affected 96% of Leaving Cert students at the Institute of Education

96% at Dublin grinds school have LC grades reduced

Education • 10 Sep

Students from Athlone Community College celebrate their results

Students have 'many options' as exam results published

Education • 07 Sep

The Leaving Certificate results this year are higher than any other year on record

Record high results for Leaving Cert class of 2020

Education • 07 Sep

Domo Kajic at Scoil Mhuire Secondary School in Trim

After calculated grades, life was real test for teacher

Analysis and Comment • 07 Sep

Elijah Burke had challenged the Minister's decision to exclude him from the calculated grades process

Concern over results timing for home-schooled student

Courts • 25 Aug

All you need to know about Calculated Grades

Education • 16 Aug

An online portal was opened earlier this week for Leaving Cert students

Leaving Cert portal deadline extended as 98% register

Education • 28 May

Joe McHugh said that all decisions will be based on public health advice (file pic)

Guidelines for teachers on LC grading to be published

Education • 20 May

This news will not be fair to everybody, but many believe it is the 'least worse' option that so many were searching for

Trust teachers: The idea at heart of this year's exams

Analysis and Comment • 09 May

Amid uncertainty, what is known about the Leaving Cert?

Analysis and Comment • 03 May

FF and SF criticised the fact there was no mention of the Leaving Certificate exams in the Taoiseach's roadmap statement (pic: Rollingnews.ie)

FF, SF critical of Leaving Cert roadmap 'oversight'

Coronavirus • 02 May

Ian McDonagh with Bushfield Nursing Home resident Mary Kate Connors

Leaving Cert student's 30-hour week on Covid frontline

Education • 02 May

The Minister for Education said he would be confirming the date in a couple of days' time

McHugh: Leaving Cert could 'potentially' start 29 July

Education • 22 Apr

The decision to postpone the examinations has been welcomed by school management bodies, but many students still have concerns

Unions call on teachers to engage with exam proposals

Education • 11 Apr

There are 126,000 students due to sit the State exams in 2020

State exams to go ahead 'by hook or by crook'

Education • 02 Apr

The board said the assessment of the current appeals process would be done in order to contribute fully and fruitfully to the broader discussions

'Urgent assessment' of LC appeal timeline to take place

Education • 28 Sep 18

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