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Thousands of Kildare Junior and Leaving Cert students start exams today

Thousands of Kildare Junior and Leaving Certificate students are due to start their exams today. Some 2,740 students in the county will sit the Leaving Cert, 173 the Leaving Cert Applied and 3,268 the Junior Cert. English is the first paper for both ...

07 Jun 2017 at 07:00

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Dr Eddie Murphy's stress-busting tips for Kildare Junior and Leaving Cert students

Ah yes, we are just over another mini Irish summer where the sun was blasting the sky. Isn’t it lovely to be out enjoying the bright evenings? Yet there are over 120,000 people stuck in their study spaces doing last minute cramming. The State ...

06 Jun 2017 at 17:51

Mental health support group launched to help students deal with exam stress

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Mental health support line launched to help students deal with exam stress

A free mental health support group to help students cope with stress from sitting the Leaving Certificate and college exams has been launched. Turn2Me, a national mental health charity, has announced that it is launching The ‘Exam Stress’ ...

03 Jun 2022 at 11:19

National News

Over 1,500 university students report for cheating and plagiarism

Over 1,500 students at Irish universities have been reported for exam cheating, plagiarism, or the use of ‘essay mills’ over the past three years, it has been revealed. In the case of 'essay mills', a student pays a company to write ...

28 Sept 2022 at 11:06

National News

School exams rethink and hybrid approach sought amid Covid disruption

Calls are growing for a rethink of how school exams are to be held in Ireland this year, amid concerns about the disruption students have faced. However, one leading teachers’ union has insisted that “traditional” exams must take ...

10 Jan 2022 at 15:55

National News

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 ...

28 Aug 2024 at 14:39

Arts & Entertainment

GUIDE: How to support young adults receiving exam results this week

Drinkaware the national independent charity working to prevent and reduce the misuse of alcohol is supporting parents to have a conversation with their children about alcohol prior to the Leaving Cert results being released ...

30 Aug 2022 at 14:28

National News

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 ...

28 Aug 2024 at 16:44

National News

Mental health charity encourages overwhelmed students to access free support group

A national mental health charity is encouraging students feeling overwhelmed by exam stress to avail of a free weekly support group. Turn2Me - a charity offering counselling and peer support services to people over ...

13 Jun 2022 at 18:25

National News

Leaving Certificate should be scrapped, Labour spokesman says

The Leaving Certificate should be “abolished”, Labour’s education spokesman has said. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the exam system is “one of the biggest mental health strains” on young people. Ó Ríordáin, a former ...

15 May 2024 at 15:02

National News

'A desperate decision' - Opposition parties condemn reported plans to scrap hybrid LC

Opposition parties have decried reports that Education Minister Normal Foley is planning to rule out a hybrid approach to state exams, with Sinn Féin education spokesperson Donnchadh O' Laoghaire calling it ...

01 Feb 2022 at 11:14

National News

'Someone please shoot me' - Irish students express panic online as Leaving Cert looms

Thousands of students across Ireland are making final preparations for Leaving Certificate examinations due to begin tomorrow (Wednesday June 5). The exams - which over 60,000 students are expected to ...

04 Jun 2024 at 13:30

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