More than half of Leaving Certificate grades bumped upwards this year

Grade inflation soared in 2020 and 2021, following Covid disruptions to education and the exam cycle, and grades have been kept artificially high since. File picture: Denis Minihane.

More than half of Leaving Cert students' grades have been bumped up as exam authorities begin attempts to tackle pandemic-era grade inflation.

A record 65,444 students will today receive their exam results, the highest number to do so in the past 30 years.