Leaving Cert DCG: Approachable questions for students who thought conceptually
Design and communications graphics test presents several problems, but generally manageable, say experts
Leaving Certificate
Discover the latest updates on the Leaving Cert syllabus, with news and adivce on exams, results and your educational journey
Planned closure of Carlow College
Its closure would be a significant loss not just for Carlow but for the wider southeast
More time, extra points: parents of dyslexic children sitting Leaving Cert have their say
Parents suggest extra marks could help level the playing field for dyslexic students
‘I should be revising for exams. Instead I’m working with developers’: Irish teen AI founders set sights on US
Rhycon’s artificial intelligence tool does the heavy lifting on generating sales leads
Leaving Cert accounting: Paper adds up for diligent students
Expected topics appeared but candidates faced time pressure and challenging adjustments
Leaving Cert physics: Tricky questions offset by choice on higher-level paper
Ordinary-level paper also had plenty of choice and some nice topics, say teachers, but ‘there was a lot of English and reading’
Classroom to College: Two weeks into Leaving Cert 2026 and the finish line is in sight
‘I’m surviving. I haven’t cried yet,’ one of our diarists says
Leaving Cert chemistry a ‘fair but testing exam’ with ‘familiar topics’
Higher-level paper had a ‘few fresh angles that required students to think’, says teacher
Leaving Cert Spanish paper had ‘something for everyone’
Majority of questions were approachable to students of all levels, says teacher
Irish should be taught as a language not a subject
How is it that students at Leaving Certificate level cannot string together a simple conversation as Gaeilge?
Leaving Cert agricultural science leaves teachers divided
Students either knew the answer or did not, as ‘no room for reasoning’
‘What can we do to help our anxious son through his last exams?’
Ask the Expert: ‘He knows the stuff, but he can panic on the day of exams’
Leaving Cert week three: How to stay motivated for the final hurdle
‘It takes resilience. Keep going, the finish line is in sight’
A new approach to Irish-language exemptions
Why not acknowledge that many exemptions are being granted to students newly arrived in Ireland, and provide an alternative qualification?
‘I haven’t cried yet, which is a win’: Leaving Cert diarists on the exams so far
Students found history and maths particularly challenging
Classroom to College: A tough Leaving Cert week as core subjects finish
Higher level papers in both French and history were particularly tricky
Leaving Cert art: State Examinations Commission listens to criticism of last year’s paper
‘This paper gave students a lot of opportunities to show their knowledge of the subject’
Leaving Cert German: The fairest paper so far this year
Teachers report accessible questions, familiar vocabulary and manageable grammar
Leaving Cert construction studies paper praised for accessibility
‘Paper contained questions on household extensions and adapting them for ... disabled or elderly people’
Leaving Cert business: Largely fair paper with a tough compulsory question
‘A good, balanced paper allowing students to display their knowledge’
Leaving Certificate Applied: ‘If you’re a more practical person, it is really good’
Reduced emphasis on exams can suit some students
Annual obsession with the Leaving Cert
Letter writer wonders whether young people consume the media offering Leaving Cert advice
Leaving Cert history: ‘Very challenging’ paper with few predicted staples
No major shocks, but very few questions that could be described as highly predictable
Leaving Cert history paper was ‘very challenging’; Junior cycle French ‘an absolute horror show’
State Examinations Commission apologises for error in higher level biology
Leaving Cert French exam gets mixed reaction from teachers: ‘Odd, challenging, balanced’
Some feel the higher-level paper was accessible and fair, but others think it contained tricky vocabulary
Leaving Cert maths paper one: what were those who set it trying to achieve?
Were they trying to ensure that students left the exam hall in tears? Or were put off higher-level maths forever?
Leaving Cert biology paper contains mistake that may have caught out students
State Examinations Commission apologises for error, which will be taken into account in marking
Leaving Cert 2026: Exams body apologises for error in biology paper
Irish paper two praised as fair and manageable
Leaving Cert Irish paper two contained more challenging unseen elements than in previous years
Prose and poetry questions were approachable but some of the reading comprehensions may have been challenging
Sophie should be doing her Junior Cert exams, but instead she’s sorting out her wardrobe
Mother of student with dyslexia made the difficult decision that her daughter shouldn’t sit the exams
Piano tuning and Leaving Cert coverage
Don’t let a tricky maths question put you off piano tuning as a career
Leaving Cert: Happier Monday for students following Maths paper two
Hopefully, Leaving Cert students who left school halls drained and miserable last Friday after the higher-level maths paper were a little happier following the second paper
Leaving Cert Irish paper one: Students glad to see predicted topics
Ordinary-level Leaving Cert Irish paper considered fair, manageable and accessible for students
Leaving Cert Irish paper one contains surprising omission
Second week of State exams begins for more than 140,000 students across junior and senior cycle
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