Sinn Féin spokesperson on Education Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has spoken with the Department of Education to get clarification regarding their announcement that Junior and Leaving Cert Oral Examinations will not proceed as planned.

This year, 71 students who sat the Leaving Certificate have not been given their results over fears that they have cheated.

The number of upgrades in marks awarded to Leaving Certificate candidates has more than doubled this year,compared to last.

The CAO will place all offers live on cao.ie on Thursday, August 15, from 2pm.

Almost 59,000 Leaving Cert students are getting their exam results this morning.

A question on the Northern Ireland Executive may have surprised students sitting the ordinary level politics and society paper as the 2019 Leaving Cert exams officially drew to a close.

While the majority of students across the country finished up their exams last week, this afternoon will see the official end of the 2019 Leaving Certificate exams.

Students have reacted with upset and frustration to the listening section of the higher level Leaving Cert Spanish exam, which they said included “mumbling”, “cut-off sentences” and “skipped in parts”.

As more than 8,700 students sat German exams today, a “tricky” listening comprehension about a beard competition may have proven difficult to even the top students.

An “engaging” German exam heralded the much-anticipated end of exams for many Junior Cert students across the country today.

A “well-pitched and well-varied” Leaving Cert higher level English paper left students “beaming” on the first day of their exams.

Students emerged pleased with the Junior Certificate English exam today after sitting a paper described as general and doable.

An urgent appeal has been issued for teachers to correct Leaving and Junior Cert exam papers with less than a fortnight to go before the examinations begin.

Ireland’s exam system is taking a punishing toll on school students, according to a Studyclix survey released today.

The SEC said that reports suggesting that a new online marking system will see students' exams corrected by machines were "misleading".

It’s that time of year again. Examinations are looming on the horizon and stress is a major concern for pupils and parents. The current assessment system at secondary schools, is for the most part, based on the production of well-researched and well-presented written information illustrating a good understanding of a particular topic.

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Students with higher Leaving grades and CAO points are significantly more likely to complete higher education than those with lower grades, according to a new report from the Higher Education Authority.

42 schools which are to undergo emergency structural examinations amid fears over safety have been named.

As students settle back to school and prepare for next year’s State examinations, two Irish startups are providing solutions to help the students improve their grades.

Student Rebecca Carter, who won her High Court case aimed at getting a marking mistake fixed in time for her to go to university got more good news today when she found out she had been awarded the legal costs of the action.

For many students last week was excruciatingly long and unfortunately ultimately punctuated with bitter disappointment, writes Richard Hogan

Instances of suspected cheating by students sitting the Leaving Certificate have increased by 11% this year.

Two Cork students have overcome significant hurdles to complete their Leaving Cert exams.

More than 57,000 students have been congratulated and advised to take pride in whatever their achievements in Leaving Certificate results being issued this morning.

Students have continued to take advantage of Leaving Certificate and college entry reforms by moving to higher level exams in even greater numbers this year.

There was mixed reaction to the Leaving Cert Geography paper today, while the Junior Cert paper didn't deviate far from the usual pattern of previous papers.

It was a full day of Irish for around half the 55,000 Junior Certificate students taking the subject at higher level yesterday.

The higher-level English paper two for Leaving Certificate students was deemed fair and appropriately challenging by one teacher yesterday evening.

Here comes the sun as the Leaving Cert exams begin

Check out these Twitter reactions from leaving cert students after English Paper one.

Everyone has got an opinion on the Leaving cert and these tweets are the some of the best

More than 120,000 students will start their Leaving and Junior Cert exams this morning.