New figures provided by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) show that the 155 2025 Leaving Cert results have been permanently with-held because of cheating and the 155 compares to 71 results permanently withheld by the SEC at the same point in 2024.

Thousands of young people will receive college offers through the CAO from 2pm today

At Donahies Community School, students gathered in huddles to open the envelopes which revealed how they performed in the exams.

Leaving Cert grades remain far higher than in pre-pandemic years

A total of 65,444 students will receive their Leaving Certificate results on Friday

This change will come into effect for students seeking admission to undergraduate medicine degree programmes from August / September 2027.

Studyclix subject expert and German teacher Geraldine Dwyer said the Junior Cert German exam was "pleasant" and covered a range of topics.

A teacher has given his first reaction to this year's Leaving Cert history exams

Studyclix subject expert Stephen Doyle the aural section had clear recordings covering a good variety of topics, while the questions were generally fair, some detailed questions in Cuid C required careful listening skills.

"The Ordinary Level paper presented a very typical and manageable set of questions spanning the usual suspects of Trigonometry, Coordinate Geometry, Statistics, Probability and Area and Volume," Studyclix subject expert Stephen Begley said.

"The examiner was generous throughout in pointing out what methods and techniques students should use to approach a question, for example by indicating to use a certain formula or technique," said Studyclix subject expert Stephen Begley.

Leaving Cert students completed English paper two on Thursday afternoon.

A teacher has given her initial reaction to Leaving Cert English paper one

The number of students sitting State exams has passed 140,000 for the first time

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Dyslexia Ireland said the State Examinations Commission (SEC) and the Department of Education are "dragging their feet on this issue".

National charity for deaf and hard of hearing people, Chime, said there are over 5,000 deaf and hard of hearing students in the Irish education system.

The numbers suspected to have cheated in this year’s Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied has almost doubled to 114 students

Patrick O’Donovan also said the statistics for this year’s Leaving Cert are ‘quite positive’.

Seven students were awarded seven H1s and five achieved six H1s.

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Those who have already applied to the CAO can change their course choices up to 5pm on Monday evening

With it in mind that this is the first academic year to sit through State Exams having no previous State Examination experience, the Leaving Certificate students have only the practice of mocks and end of term exams under their belts.

More than 136,000 students will sit this years State Examinations which run from today until the 25th of June.

Waterford locals reminisce on doing their leaving cert and offer advice to students 

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin said the exam system is ‘one of the biggest mental health strains’ on young people.

The State Examinations Commission confirmed this year's Leaving Cert results will be issued on August 23rd

Six Leaving Cert subjects have been reviewed and updated, including Arabic, Latin, and Ancient Greek, all of which have now gone out for public consultation.