However, Labour spokesperson on education Aodhan O’Riordain said: 'One thing is certain, the Leaving Cert as an examination format is in desperate need of reform'

Make no mistake, this decision to back away from teacher assessment is all about the souring relationship between teacher unions and the Department of Education, writes Jennifer Horgan

Limerick's All Ireland winning hurling manager John Kiely has said "time will tell" if ever enters politics amid confirmation that he has been approached to run in elections.

Figures show fewer than 26 grades were withheld across 2021 and 2020 as both years saw changes to the traditional exam set-up due to the covid-19 pandemic

Round Three offers will be available to view from 10am on Tuesday, September 19

Students found copying in more than one subject can have all results withheld, State Examinations Commission said

Anyone interested in pursuing a career in farming and its allied disciplines has many third-level options open to them

Last year, 47 courses went to random selection which sees entry to a course determined by a lottery. The number fell significantly to 17 courses this year

If your child fails to get the points or CAO offer they had hoped to achieve, parental support is vital 

Despite another year of record Leaving Cert results, which were boosted after initial marking to keep in line with the Class of 2022, points have dropped for more than half (52.4%) of Level 8 college courses

Here, you can use the Irish Examiner's interactive CAO calculator to find the latest points information for both Level 8 and Level 7/6 courses

Today, almost 84,300 people who applied for college places through the Central Applications Office (CAO) will find out if they have received an offer when the first round of cut-off points is published.

Luke McSweeney, 24, his sister Grace McSweeney as well as Zoey Coffey and Nicole Murphy, all 18, were killed in the collision on Friday

'I’ll have to wake up at around 4 am to get the bus from Waterford at five to be in campus for eight in the morning'

Principal warns that lessons must be learned from junior cycle reform in the handling of Leaving Certificate changes

Child psychotherapist Joanna Fortune has some advice for anyone who wants to support a disappointed student this week

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Education Minister Norma Foley and Further Education Minister Simon Harris have expressed their condolences to the families of the Clonmel crash victims

I’m an educator with a passion for education. The Leaving Cert has little to do with education

Latisha McCrudden, 18, from Roscommon, hopes to study law at University of Galway

At Nagle Community College in Cork City, Aoife O’Brien was fresh after returning from Hong Kong as part of a Foróige youth exchange when she collected her Leaving Cert results this morning.

Speaking as exam results were released on Friday, Norma Foley stopped short of making that same promise to the Class of 2024

There were hugs, cheers and tears of joy at a secondary school in Dublin as some of the country’s 60,000 Leaving Certificate students collected their results.

On Friday, almost 62,000 Leaving Cert students received their results in what has become a rite of passage for young people in Ireland.

The student at Christian Brothers College received his results on Friday as the 2023 results were issued to students across the country

Students who are disappointed with their results have been advised to talk to others and use self-compassion

Breakthrough Maths founder TJ Hegarty is warning this year’s grade inflation is 'detrimental' to students who work hard to get a H1 in subjects like maths

The principal said: 'These students faced very challenging circumstances and the Leaving Cert was the first State exam they sat.'

'Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd get 97%. I thought that it would be brilliant if I even got 60%'

For the fourth year in a row, the Leaving Cert has been impacted by the pandemic and its fallout, prompting concerns around the fairness of grade inflation.

If you are a student who wishes to check your exam script or appeal a result, the deadlines are very strict.

While no further grade inflation was recorded during 2023, and the overall results are at the same level as last year.

The structure of marking schemes for each year’s exams is to be set up on a new online system “substantially earlier” than is currently the case.

The HSE has urged parents to talk to children about alcohol and drug use before the night begins.

Two Irish pupils chat to Arlene Harris about why they have decided to complete their school education abroad in places such as Tanzania and The Netherlands, and one student gives perspective on what the option is currently like

The reply date by which applicants must accept their offer is Wednesday, August 9, at 3pm

More than half of the teachers surveyed disagreed that they feel more supportive of efforts being made to reform the Leaving Cert programme and examination

The research noted it might be argued that the workload for higher-level maths is too heavy

Updated, draft Social, Personal, and Health Education curriculum for Senior Cycle to be 'inclusive of all genders, sexualities, ethnicities, religious beliefs, social classes and abilities/disabilities'

However, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has described the launch of these courses as "premature" as it believes significant industrial relations issues remain to be addressed

The first tranche of CAO 2023 offers go out on Friday — mainly to mature students and deferred applicants who have until Wednesday to respond

My name is Emma. Almost two years ago I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. I am 21. Ever since I was diagnosed things have gone significantly downhill and the government agencies have been little to no help at all.

Outdated and unfair, it's time we left the Leaving Cert in the past. 

Most students will have been happy to see Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ feature as the 25-mark question on the listening paper, which has not been examined in depth since 2012

Regarding Stephen Donnelly’s comments in relation to Beaumont nursing home — ‘Donnelly accuses nursing home firm of cynical tactics over Fair Deal’ (Irish Examiner, June 19), CareChoice is not the issue here Minister Donnelly, Fair Deal inequality ...