Leaving Cert students banned from contacting teachers as school endsAttempts to influence teachers likely to be formally recorded at school levelTue May 12 2020 - 15:30
Leaving Cert: Teachers seek safeguards against parental pressure on gradesGovernment concerned over exposure to legal action by students who may miss out on college placesSat May 09 2020 - 15:00
Government fears lawsuits over ‘calculated grades’ as Leaving Cert postponedMinister for Education Joe McHugh admits there are ‘legal vulnerabilities’ with new planSat May 09 2020 - 01:07
A fortnight ago McHugh said predicted grades were ‘biased’. What changed?Plans to hold exams crumbled under the weight of health advice and mounting public pressureFri May 08 2020 - 19:33
Leaving Cert postponed with students to be offered option of calculated gradesDecision will be relief to students and parents after weeks of uncertaintyFri May 08 2020 - 16:09
Q&A: Am I better off opting for exams or predicted grades?Students will have the option of taking calculated grades and sitting examsFri May 08 2020 - 15:11
Leaving Cert to be cancelled: But will 'Plan B' be fair to students?Most candidates want it – but some may change their mind if they miss out on pointsThu May 07 2020 - 21:06
Leaving Cert cancelled: Students who want written exam will have to waitSchools to play key role in determining what grades students will receiveThu May 07 2020 - 20:25
Leaving Cert ‘Plan B’ could see grades based on class rankingsTeachers’ unions are examining proposed alternative to summer examsThu May 07 2020 - 18:32
Teachers voice concerns about health implications if Leaving Cert goes aheadUnion agreement will be crucial in facilitating options such as expected gradesThu May 07 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Survey shows just 15% of Leaving Cert students want exams to go aheadSurvey of 24,000 sixth years says 79% want exams to be replaced with predicted gradesWed May 06 2020 - 16:13
Boarding schools highlight social-distancing challenges for Leaving CertOverseas students fear they will not be able to return to Ireland to sit exams in AugustWed May 06 2020 - 02:06
Uncertainty faces 2,000 Leaving Cert students seeking college places abroadExam delay means results could come too late for some to start college in UK or EUWed May 06 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert contingency plans being examined, department saysEducation sources say option of awarding grades in absence of exams being discussedTue May 05 2020 - 19:06
‘Plan B’ for Leaving Cert exams under active considerationOfficials looking at how to award grades if summer exams do not happenMon May 04 2020 - 03:00
Universities eye more Irish students to replace overseas lossesFall in foreign student numbers could result in drop in CAO points for number of coursesSun May 03 2020 - 18:09
Surge in applications for student grants10,000 Susi applications within a day of opening for grants in 2020/21 academic yearSun May 03 2020 - 16:17
‘Cancel the Leaving Cert’ - Fianna Fáil says uncertainty causing stressParty education spokesman Thomas Byrne says ‘fair alternatives’ need to be examinedSat May 02 2020 - 12:10
Q&A: Will Leaving Cert go ahead following decision to keep schools closed until September?Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that schools will remain closed until autumnFri May 01 2020 - 21:00
Trinity’s front lawns set to be wild-flower meadowPublic overwhelmingly supports bee-friendly proposal in an online voteFri May 01 2020 - 06:00
Giving homework passes to Catholic children ruled as discriminationWRC ruling likely to have significant implications for many Catholic primary schoolsFri May 01 2020 - 02:04
Parents ‘delighted’ with religious ceremonies rulingAtheist Ireland says WRC finding ‘important win for right to freedom of belief’Fri May 01 2020 - 01:00
University students face delays starting new academic yearLectures set to take place on online with face-to-face tutorials and practicalsThu Apr 30 2020 - 15:14
Learners flock to colleges to help combat Covid-19 threatFurther education colleges and universities provide free online and upskilling coursesThu Apr 30 2020 - 01:00
Schools to decide whether to hold Junior Cycle assessments in MayStudents to receive State certificate to mark their completion of three years of schoolWed Apr 29 2020 - 15:43
University lecturers warn of ‘enrolment chaos’ in autumnFederation says staff left in ‘limbo’ over plans for next academic yearWed Apr 29 2020 - 11:03
Thousands of Junior Cycle exams scripts unlikely to be usedSchools set to conduct their own assessments for students in May under revised plansWed Apr 29 2020 - 02:48
Covid-19: Quarantined Leaving Cert students could sit exams in isolationDepartment says some students may be unable to attend exam halls on health groundsTue Apr 28 2020 - 13:38
Face masks and social distancing proposed for Leaving Cert examsIreland can learn from arrangements in other countries, says Prof Sam McConkeyMon Apr 27 2020 - 02:08
Teachers’ union distances itself from branch seeking cancellation of Leaving CertTUI Dublin branch says there are mounting health and safety concerns for studentsSun Apr 26 2020 - 18:36
Junior cycle exams in September set to be replaced with school assessments in MayMove follows growing concern over impact of delaying exams for 60,000 studentsSat Apr 25 2020 - 00:01
School closures result in sharp drop in demand for mental health supportCurrent circumstances still ‘incredibly mentally unhealthy’ for many childrenFri Apr 24 2020 - 15:46
Leaving Cert to begin on July 29th, Minister for Education tells DáilSome 4,000 students could miss out on college places in UK due to delayed examsThu Apr 23 2020 - 21:16
Most parents opposed to postponement of Leaving Cert exams - surveyHpat admissions test results deferred until after Leaving Certificate exams are completeWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:18
State exams Q&A: What is happening with the Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle?Leaving Cert likely begin in late July and could run until early SeptemberWed Apr 22 2020 - 20:15
Minister urges schools to hold off cancelling Junior Cycle examsKilkenny secondary school is the latest to replace Junior Cycle with its own examsWed Apr 22 2020 - 17:19
Irish universities perform strongly in global social impact rankingRCSI world number one under health and wellbeing category in Times rankingsWed Apr 22 2020 - 14:22
Leaving Cert likely to get under way on July 29th, Minister saysJoe McHugh says predicted grades ruled out due to ‘inherent bias’ and lack of fairnessWed Apr 22 2020 - 06:56
Ten pupils per class, hourly handwashing: What reopened schools could look likeDanish schools offer a glimpse of what Irish classes might look like when they resumeTue Apr 21 2020 - 17:43
Coronavirus: Over half of young people feel anxious or stressed due to pandemicMost are optimistic that society will change for the better when the crisis subsidesMon Apr 20 2020 - 00:01
Coronavirus: 39 more deaths confirmed in the Republic, with 493 new casesOne further death recorded in Northern Ireland as death toll there rises to 194Sun Apr 19 2020 - 19:08
‘No guarantee’ Leaving Cert will proceed this summer, teachers’ union tells membersTUI says exams will not proceed if public health advice says it is not safe to do soSun Apr 19 2020 - 15:41
Back to school? Partial reopening to be examined by health authorities - Simon HarrisMinister for Health says opening primary schools one day a week would benefit students’ wellbeingSun Apr 19 2020 - 13:47
Universities facing huge losses due to fall in foreign studentsTrinity College Dublin announces recruitment freeze as part of cost-saving strategySat Apr 18 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert students unlikely to progress to third-level courses before NovemberColleges plan to make up lost time in academic year by cutting short Christmas holidays and reading weeks for first-year studentsFri Apr 17 2020 - 01:00
Leaving Cert exams could run until early SeptemberNew school year likely to be delayed, with staggered return of classesThu Apr 16 2020 - 21:21
One in five secondary school pupils lack reliable broadbandSurvey of parents indicates 15% of students are not receiving feedback from teachersWed Apr 15 2020 - 19:05
Leaving Cert: Cancelled elements may be flagged on students’ resultsContentious practice of annotating certificates has been subject to legal action in pastWed Apr 15 2020 - 17:26
ASTI says it will work to support delayed Leaving Cert examsUnion had stated at weekend that plan ‘cannot be enforced’Tue Apr 14 2020 - 20:26
Teachers’ union rases ‘serious concerns’ over delay in Leaving CertASTI says it ‘will be seeking clarifications’ over rescheduling of examsSat Apr 11 2020 - 10:00
