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.

Most of the €96m in State funding given to 56 private schools in 2011-12 was spent on teacher salaries, writes political correspondent Mary Regan

IN HIS address at the Cork Chamber Business Breakfast on December 20, the President of University College, Cork, Dr Michael Murphy stated that “there is extensive anecdotal evidence of many of our brightest students emigrating after completing Leaving Certificate for overseas education, and never returning”.

Gonzaga College in Ranelagh in Dublin has been listed as Ireland's top school for progression to university, according to the Sunday Times' Parent Power Survey.