Leaving Cert results: Record number of students celebrate top marks as CAO offers loom

Students across Ireland celebrated Leaving Cert 2025 results, with standout achievements in Cork as many now await CAO offers

School principal Michelle Sliney shows her delight as sixth-year students at Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork Cormac Harris, and Alan O'Sullivan take time to relax after it was announced at a virtual ceremony that they were the European Union Competition for Young Scientists winners for 2020. Picture: Dan Linehan

The wait was over for thousands of students across the country as the 2025 Leaving Cert results arrived. 

A record number of students had sat this year's set of exams in June.