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Pupils say slán to Irish with a difficult Leaving Cert paper 2

Some difficult comprehension passages opened the second higher-level Leaving Certificate Irish paper yesterday morning.

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Leaving Cert: Second Irish paper proves testing

The second higher level Leaving Certificate paper for students of Irish was much tougher than Monday’s first exam.

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Killarney seeks to spread the word

Long before the national ambassador programme, Killarney already had “a track record in local ambassadors”, attracting conferences worth hundreds of thousands of euro and filling the town’s hotels, restaurants, and parklands, the Kerry launch of the Fáilte Ireland national ambassador programme heard yesterday.

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Biology exam papers thought ‘fair’

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Science papers challenging but fine for students who knew syllabus

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Mixed feelings on art but science and religion fair

Secondary school teachers call for 20 pupils per class

SECONDARY school teachers are demanding a maximum class size of 20 students for all subjects.

Wed, 26 Mar, 2008

Good choice on French written papers

LEAVING Certificate French was examined yesterday and ASTI’s Máire Ní Chiarba said the listening exam was very clear and related questions were appropriate.

Wed, 14 Jun, 2006

Pupils put at risk over poor safety standards

THE safety of thousands of secondary students and teachers is being put at risk because schools are failing to meet basic health and safety laws, according to a union leader.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2005

First exam of new biology course criticised

AS with the first exam in the new senior cycle home economics syllabus last Friday, there were criticisms of the first test of the new biology course yesterday.

Thu, 17 Jun, 2004

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