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# Leaving Cert

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The better a student does in Leaving Cert Maths and English, the more likely they are to finish college
14 Feb 2019
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16-year-old Irish goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu completes move to Man City
8 Feb 2019
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6
Minister wants to change system after student had to sit Leaving Cert exam the day after her mother died
18 Jan 2019
36.2k
24
Over three-quarters of students want continuous assessment for the Leaving Certificate
7 Jan 2019
13.3k
24
Two days have been added to the Leaving Cert timetable
19 Dec 2018
39.5k
28
Court says students who posted video of classmate snorting sugar must be allowed back to school
21 Nov 2018
27.7k
36
Leaving Cert appeals process shortened by three weeks following Rebecca Carter case
1 Nov 2018
13.9k
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Over 5,000 students appealed their Leaving Cert results - five got their results downgraded
10 Oct 2018
24.0k
29
UCD will admit students who secure Leaving Cert upgrades
9 Oct 2018
11.5k
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Case where Leaving Cert student lost out on college place 'cannot be repeated', judge says
3 Oct 2018
20.9k
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Student who missed out on college place because of examiner's mistake calls situation 'an utter disgrace'
25 Sep 2018
36.2k
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Stephen Byrne: Why 9 years after ripping up my results, I went back to do the Leaving Cert...
Stephen Byrne
20 Sep 2018
41.5k
14
Teen claiming Leaving Cert marks were totted up incorrectly takes State exam board to High Court
11 Sep 2018
55.1k
New subject changes for Junior Cert and Leaving Cert get the go ahead
10 Sep 2018
61.7k
43
Complaint upheld over Ryanair ad that 'promoted excessive drinking'
30 Aug 2018
28.5k
24
Got a question about the CAO? Let us put it to an expert
18 Aug 2018
10.9k
8
Leaving Cert results: Girls continue to outperform boys in getting top marks
17 Aug 2018
26.2k
46
80 Leaving Cert results being withheld due to suspicions of cheating
16 Aug 2018
47.2k
32
'I was really surprised and shocked' - Seven Leaving Cert students get eight H1s
15 Aug 2018
50.6k
15
'The Leaving Cert doesn't define you. My life has completely turned around since this time last year'
Sadb Molloy
15 Aug 2018
30.2k
48
16 of the saltiest Leaving Cert tweets for results day
15 Aug 2018
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Poll: Did your Leaving Cert results play a major role in your life?
15 Aug 2018
38.5k
93
Leaving Cert results: Top marks drop across English, Irish and Maths
15 Aug 2018
56.1k
32
13 of the best (and worst) outfits people have worn while collecting their LC results over the last 35 years
14 Aug 2018
19.3k
11
UK officially passes (to hoots of approval) its EU withdrawal bill - making Brexit a certainty
26 Jun 2018
22.8k
90
Leaving Cert students sat the first ever Politics exam today - here's what was in it
20 Jun 2018
52.7k
44
I watched How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate so you don't have to
15 Jun 2018
10.8k
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The 9 worst things about the Leaving Cert
6 Jun 2018
7.5k
2
The Leaving Cert kicked off with a 'radical' English Paper One (featuring an O'Donovan brother)
6 Jun 2018
26.4k
18
D-Day for the nation's secondary school students as the Leaving and Junior Cert gets under way
6 Jun 2018
6.6k
20
Stressed about your Leaving or Junior Cert? Here are some tips to help you stay calm
4 Jun 2018
18.4k
16
FactCheck: Is 'exam weather' really an Irish climate phenomenon?
3 Jun 2018
111k
46
How Well Do You Remember Secondary School Level Shakespeare?
3 May 2018
9.7k
5
James Kavanagh has shared some words of wisdom ahead of this year's Leaving Cert
3 May 2018
8.4k
5
'Scramble' for Leaving Cert examiners due to shortage across all subjects, Dáil told
24 Apr 2018
30.9k
95
State exams are a rote learning memory test and aren't serving our children's future needs
Geoffrey Browne
12 Mar 2018
57.3k
82
Poll: Should the Leaving Cert 'points race' be abolished?
20 Feb 2018
32.5k
87
Science, maths and languages: The plan to make Ireland's education the best in Europe
7 Feb 2018
14.1k
73
13 of the most attractive people from Leaving Cert History books
3 Feb 2018
11.0k
9
Which Leaving Cert English Poet Are You?
17 Jan 2018
9.2k
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