Over 55,000 Leaving Certificate students will receive their exam results today.

Most girls will feel a sense of dread on learning their darling brother has drawn a picture of them — and then delighted in showing it off in public.

ONLY three schools outside Dublin feature in a list of 25 schools which sent most students to college, but which took social and other factors into account for the first time.

STUDENTS should be discouraged from wearing veils which cover the face in classes, recommends the Government in uniform guidelines to schools.

One of the country’s leading rights groups today accused two senior Government ministers of dodging responsibility on whether to allow school pupils to wear the hijab or other religious dress in class.

GUIDELINES for the wearing of religious clothing such as the Muslim hijab in schools have yet to be agreed by the Government, despite a request for direction going back almost a year.

FINE GAEL yesterday highlighted what may be the most overcrowded school in the country.

ONE of Ireland’s most talented young artists has beaten thousands of hopefuls to scoop a top award.

Neans McSweeney, South-East Correspondent

ANGRY parents of ten pupils attending Wexford primary schools have accused the Education Minister of rowing back on a commitment to allow their children attend a nearby secondary school.

I REFER to your report on the admissions policy of Gorey Community School in Co Wexford (Irish Examiner, March 4).

TWO schools, one overcrowded and the other struggling with out-of-date classrooms, have appealed to the Department of Education and Science to sanction long-awaited, new buildings.

Forthcoming club and schools fixtures from around Leinster.

The Taoiseach is welcoming a request by the Labour Court, for the ASTI to postpone today's planned three-day secondary school strike.

A 13-year-old girl has died in a road accident in County Wexford.