While many students will have finished the Leaving Cert, there are still five days of exams to go

Epilepsy Ireland has campaigned for many years for students to be given the chance to sit an exam during the same cycle should they miss out due to a medical condition

'Smart Cow' features in exam on modern farming innovation

The SEC has refused the request to let the boy re-sit his exam on the basis he had already begun

The students found the German paper "very manageable, very accessible and everybody came out with a smile."

All in all, students were very happy after the Junior Cycle German exam

Both history and French offered Leaving Cert students ample choice as exams continued on Wednesday. For junior cycle students, home economics and Spanish were examined for the first time under the new curriculum.

Leaving Cert French 'a very doable paper at both levels'

Ordinary-level Irish paper two presented to students was more straightforward than Monday's paper one.

Irish paper two includes prose, poetry, literature and reading comprehensions. Students had just over three hours to complete the 120-mark paper

The common-level Junior Cert science exam "would have demanded careful reading" and "was pitched to quite high standards"

At junior cycle, geography is examined as a common level subject which, teachers say, will make the leap to Leaving Cert and third-level studies much harder

'It’s so damaging to young people who already disproportionately struggle with mental health, eating disorders and body consciousness'

For the sake of young people who often end up being a square peg in a round college hole, and our wider economy, apprenticeships are an option worth exploring

Climate change, acting, and Newgrange were among the topics that turned up on the junior cycle papers

The rigidity of the Leaving Cert is perhaps the sorest point for parents across the country, writes Jennifer Horgan

Focused on passive learning and regurgitation, the Leaving Cert has become a box-ticking exercise

'Fair and positive' papers kick off State Exams 2022

The Minister for Education has set out to soothe fears of a college places lottery

In the first part of our series on education in Ireland, Jennifer Horgan gets the views of six students on the school system in this country

The countdown is on to Leaving Cert 2022. Nicole Glennon asks the experts how parents can support their teenager in this final week.

What changes have been made to this year’s papers and what happens if a student gets Covid during the exams?

We've chosen five Irish Examiner recipes to fuel your mind and body ahead of the state exams this week

The waiting is over for about 120,000 candidates as the state exams get underway next Wednesday. The Junior Cycle exam takes place for the first time since 2019.

Consider the sat-nav principle: if you miss a turn on the road doesn't mean your destination has to change, only the route 

An investigation of the marking process confirmed that the error was confined solely to this area of the examination. 

Committee members also expect to hear the Minister's response to their report on the impact of Covid-19 on primary and secondary education. 

Minister for Education, Norma Foley, is expected to address Leaving Cert students later today

I think that most of the coverage of the Leaving Certificate results is hype and is very unhelpful to students, teachers, and parents. While the Leaving Cert is a big event, ultimately, it’s just another step along the journey of life.

An extra 800 college places have been announced ahead of CAO offers coming out on Friday. Points for third level courses are expected to rise after record Leaving Cert results this week.

The Taoiseach has said the calculated grades system for this year's Leaving Cert is as fair as it can be. It comes amid a surge of queries to solicitors from parents and staff of fee-paying and grind schools.

Some 60,000 Leaving Cert students got their results this morning. These results - the highest on record - came at the end of a turbulent and difficult year, with the class of 2020 experiencing a Leaving Cert unlike any other.

Much like so many other aspects of life this year, today marks a very different Leaving Cert results day for thousands of young adults around the country.

Receiving your Leaving Certificate results can be overwhelming, and this year it may be even more so, but help is at hand.

The debutante ball or 'Debs' is the highlight of many a young person's summer and has long been acknowledged as a key rite of passage into the real world.

Results will be issued to students at 9am on September 7.