This year's Leaving Certificate results will be released on Friday, 22 August, the State Examinations Commission has announced. The SEC said this is in line with the date of issue of the results ...

Education Minister Helen McEntee has said the reduction in the Leaving Cert grade inflation is “the fairest way to do it”. This year will be the first time that the government will begin to ...

Barry Ferguson has admitted that it was sore watching the stands at Ibrox empty during the defeat from Hibs on Saturday. An eighth minute howler from Super Jack Butland gave the visitors the lead, ...

The State Examinations Commission has published sample examination papers for the seven revised Leaving Certificate subjects due to be introduced in schools next September. It has also published ...

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Teachers’ unions have been told by the minister for education that changes to the Leaving Cert will proceed as planned from this September. Concerns around the incoming changes have prompted ...

Point guard Egor Demin said his heart has been pulling him back to BYU for a couple ... grateful and even a bit wistful as he outlined his reasons for leaving for the premier basketball league in the ...

Leaving Cert reform plans, which will mean students awarded more marks for project work and less for written exams, will proceed in September, Minister for Education Helen McEntee has told ...

The State Examinations Commission is commissioning research on how artificial intelligence (AI) may be used to help support the marking of Leaving Cert papers or generate exam questions.

Political unhappiness is growing over Minister for Education Helen McEntee’s attempt to end grade inflation in the Leaving Certificate. The Government plans to see grade inflation drop from 7.5% to ...

Parents, students, campaigners and politicians have this week called for the introduction of quotas to tackle the ‘huge disadvantage’ which the Leaving Certificate Class of 2025 face in the annual ...