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Leaving Cert results: Life isn’t about exams, fractions or poets
The Irish Times will publish a special supplement for those navigating one of the most important milestones in Irish education
Leaving Cert 2026: Key dates in the coming days, weeks and months
From the initial release of results through to the appeals process and on to rounds of college offers
A parent’s guide to results day: This is not the time for ‘I told you so’
Thousands of disappointed students have always found a way forward
How can incoming students get the best out of their first year at college?
Making the library a second home can pay dividends when exams and assignments fall due
‘Students prefer to work with books’: Is classroom tech worth it?
Despite cost, an increasing number of schools are turning to individual iPads for students
Advice for first years: ‘It’s okay if you don’t know what you’re doing’
Alex Griu is a second-year psychology student at Trinity College Dublin
Back-to-school issues: the best starting age, PE problems, school refusal and teenage vapes
Conversations with Parents: A panel of experts convenes to discuss the big issues of modern schooling and parenting
School devices: Parents feel ‘press-ganged into something we don’t want and can’t afford’
Department of Education begins review on back-to-school costs after Minister raised concerns with schools over devices
Leaving Cert results: Dealing with disappointment may be new, but it’s a critical life skill too
Students should realise that many people who suffered exam setbacks have gone on to leave big marks on Ireland and the wider world
Christian Brothers are an easy target but I am slow to stand in judgment
Rite & Reason: I think of what it must be like for the small number of men who are still in the Order now to have all this ignominy poured on them
Donagh Barry’s Axis Education invests in Sligo edtech firm Studyclix
Founded by Luke Saunders and software developer Keith Wright, the company provides exam preparation aids to students and teachers
Spending on digital devices for secondary school pupils now as much as €850, survey finds
Parents taking out loans and dipping into savings to cover rising back-to-school expenses
Donagh Barry firm banked €4m payout from college group before Axis Education deal
Investor merged his three colleges with fast-growing Dublin Academy of Education grinds school last year
Why do people in Ireland speak so few languages?
Worldview: Language competence is now just as much part of Ireland’s competitive infrastructure deficit as poor planning
Plea for religiously mixed schools bound to fall on deaf ears
Family experience in Co Down brings Monty Python to mind
Northern Ireland’s education system fails children from disadvantaged backgrounds
Professor Vani Borooah of the University of Ulster, who died this month, provided vital evidence for policymakers on tackling poverty
Majority of parents say back-to-school costs are a financial burden, survey shows
More than one-quarter of respondents say they will go into debt to cover price of returning children to school
Back-to-school allowance 2026: Here’s what you need to know
State is set to provide more than €60m towards the scheme in advance of new school year
Girls growing up in Ireland: ‘I’m sitting on the bus and there’s grown men making comments’
Four teenagers reflect on issues that affect them, including unwanted male attention, social media and the importance of female friendship
The crunch CAO question: What kind of thinker do I want to be?
Making your CAO decision is just the starting point for a working life that will involve not only multiple jobs but multiple careers
There are many reasons for changing your CAO choices, but be careful of ‘the most dangerous one’
With a week to go, there is enough time to adopt an approach that keeps the ‘end of the world’ feeling at bay
Ireland’s most unusual and intriguing third-level courses
A selection of less conventional options for study after secondary school
CAO 2026 calendar: With the Leaving Cert over, here are the important dates you need to know
Now that the exams are past-tense, what next in the choreography of securing college places?
Leaving Cert politics & society: Mapping power in a tougher paper
Students obliged to keep course material in mind in pursuit of relevance and balance
Leaving Cert Japanese exam gets positive reaction
Higher- and ordinary-level students upbeat regarding both papers
One week to nail your decision ... how to make the most of the time you have left
Key questions to ask before the CAO change of mind deadline
Decision time nears for final CAO course selection – here’s what you need to know
Understanding course requirements and content, and what you really want, should be key priorities before you finalise selections
Beyond the CAO: Exploring the other educational pathways now open to school leavers
Belief that academic success directly relates to career success in a high status job is under serious question
So your daughter wants to study science at university? First, take a reality check
It will be at least 13-18 years after the Leaving Certificate before there is any possibility of her getting a permanent academic position
Leaving Cert Italian: Students may have been caught out thinking ‘ananas’ meant ‘bananas’
Theme of AI ‘quite topical and definitely something students can relate to’, says teacher
What happens if I choose the ‘wrong’ college course?
What you put on the CAO form is the first decision, not the last
What you need to know about the CAO change-of-mind deadline
You have until July 1st at 5pm to revise your CAO application. Here is what you need to consider
Leaving Cert holidays: ‘If you unwisely decide to get a tattoo, please check all spellings with me first’
Jen Hogan shares parenting tips and tricks she has learned along the Leaving Cert holiday way
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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