The State has said it was horrified by the revelations about the 796 babies buried at Tuam; The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said the Church felt a sense of “bereavement” at the result of last month’s marriage equality referendum and Interpol has issued ’international wanted persons’ alerts for two former FIFA officials. Just some of the latest and most read stories on irishexaminer.com.

Concerns that up to 1,000 children may have been “trafficked” to the US from the Tuam were raised in 2012, a college student who got seven A1s in the Leaving Certificate believes the system is stacked against the students and O' Connell leaves Munster with IRFU blessing. These are some of the latest and most read news stories on irishexaminer.com this morning.

A former straight-A Leaving Certificate student claims the education system brainwashes students into believing the exam is “the be all and end all”.

Brian O’Flynn was a straight A student who was awarded a scholarship by the Irish Government to attend the University of Edinburgh but today he reveals why he believes the Leaving Certificate system is stacked against students realising their full potential. 

A security guard and a student protester have been arrested over a confrontation outside a university building in Scotland.

USA:  A man who was unhappy with his haircut faces criminal charges after police say he became enraged and threw items around a Connecticut salon.

Women who gain too much weight in pregnancy run the risk of giving their offspring health problems in later life, researchers have found.

The organiser of a major conference on the care of children has said the care system has been "dumbed down" and those working with children are not properly resourced or valued.

Britain: A pair of off-duty police officers who made an arrest while dressed as a zebra and a monkey have been commended for their bravery.

Scientists say they have identified a link between strains of a malaria parasite, potentially paving the way for a life-saving vaccine.

A charity organisation is providing a liaison nurse at Cork University Hospital for women and families affected by gynaecological cancers, such as ovarian and cervical cancer.

Pippa Middleton has offered more startling insight into her culinary expertise by declaring it is best to host a dinner party on a Friday night as it is “far away” from Monday, unlike Saturday.

Schools should incorporate the dangers of so-called sexting into their education programmes and codes of conduct, an expert on online sexual exploitation has said.

NEAR-DEATH experiences are not paranormal but triggered by a change in normal brain function, according to researchers.

JK Rowling has donated £10m (€12m) to set up a new multiple sclerosis research clinic.

Ireland’s role in the United Nations International Year of the Planet will be launched today.

A SUPERCOMPUTER that could help answer some of science’s biggest questions was unveiled yesterday.

BOYS are more likely than girls to consider themselves good-looking and their overall confidence levels are higher, according to the most recent research on mental well-being of 11 to 15-year-olds.

The University of Massachusetts may revoke a honorary degree awarded to Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

President Mary McAleese begins a three-day official visit to Scotland later this week.

Creeping privatisation of Ireland’s healthcare system will put profits before patients, it will be claimed today.

FEMALE intuition is myth, a survey in Britain has found.

The justification for last year’s war in Iraq “was without foundation“, the former head of the United Nations weapons inspection team in the country said tonight.

TAKING cocaine could cause irreversible brain damage, scientists warned yesterday.

Taking cocaine could cause irreversible brain damage, scientists warned today.

Scientists may have discovered how to develop a vaccine to beat the killer disease malaria, it was revealed today.

The two winners of one of the oldest literary awards in the English language have been announced.