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REVEALED: Leaving Certificate Examination results date 2022

The State Examinations Commission (SEC), intends to issue the 2022 Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied examination results to candidates on Friday 2 September. Details of the arrangements for the 2022 certificate examinations were ...

23 Jun 2022 at 13:15

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Over 2,000 students to sit Junior and Leaving Cert exams in Offaly

Exam halls across the county lie empty this afternoon ahead of the Leaving and Junior Certificate Exams, which commence from tomorrow, Wednesday, June 7. More than 2,000 students will sit the state exams in Offaly this year, with more girls than ...

06 Jun 2017 at 12:13

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More than 56,000 applicants offered college course place

More than 56,000 applicants were given an offer of a college place on Wednesday afternoon. The Central Applications Office (CAO) issued 83,369 round one offers to a total of 56,571 applicants – split across courses at Level 8 or Level 7/6. ...

28 Aug 2024 at 14:39

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Leaving Certificate fails to prepare students for future challenges, committee told

An Oireachtas Education Committee has heard the Leaving Certificate is failing to prepare students for future challenges. Education experts and business leaders told the committee meeting that a new reformed Leaving Certificate is ...

01 Dec 2021 at 12:33

Tullamore Tribune

Students urged to step away from exam anxiety

As the Leaving Cert concludes tomorrow, Tuesday June 24, national mental health charity Turn2Me is urging students across Ireland to resist the urge to over-analyse their exam performance. The charity is encouraging young people ...

23 Jun 2025 at 17:30

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System for allocating college places ‘not the worst’, minister says

Ireland’s system for allocating college places is “not the worst”, the Higher Education Minister has said. Patrick O’Donovan defended the Central Applications Office (CAO) process as more than 56,000 applicants were offered a ...

28 Aug 2024 at 16:44

National News

Part of Leaving Cert reform shelved as education sector ‘grapples with AI’

Artificial intelligence (AI) can bring both benefits and challenges for State exams, the Education Minister has said as she shelved teacher-based assessments due to the potential impacts of the new technology. The State ...

20 Sept 2023 at 15:56

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Record number of students begin Leaving and Junior Cert exams at schools in Ireland and Libya

A record number of students are due to begin their higher level examinations today (June 7). According to the State Examinations Commission (SEC), 135,033 candidates are sitting Leaving Certificate, Leaving Certificate ...

07 Jun 2023 at 10:24

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Education Minister confirms Leaving Cert will go ahead as 'radically different' exams-only

Students will sit “radically different” Leaving Certificate exams this year, as the Minister for Education confirmed they will be held as exams only. Norma Foley ruled out a hybrid approach to the state exams, and ...

01 Feb 2022 at 15:20

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Majority of students want hybrid Leaving Certificate, survey reveals

The majority of Leaving Certificate students want a hybrid State exam model this year, according to an online survey carried out by the Irish Second Level Student's Union (ISSU). The current plan is for this ...

17 Jan 2022 at 12:36

More than 60,000 students receive Leaving Certificate results

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More than 60,000 students to receive Leaving Certificate results

More than 60,000 students have received their Leaving Certificate results, in what will be the last year of grade inflation linked to the pandemic disruption to education. The State Examinations Commission ...

23 Aug 2024 at 15:59

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Offaly Leaving Cert students' calculated grades 'very fair'

THE Leaving Certificate classes of 2020 are anxiously awaiting news of college places on Friday after receiving their results. The reaction from schools to the calculated grades has been largely positive ...

08 Sept 2020 at 17:41

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