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Choosing the ri
How students make their choices of third
Students set si
TWO former Sligo students have their sig
Schemes target
THE need to create an entrepreneurial sp
Main barriers t
BAD school experiences, financial constr
Time capsules,
The ‘Irish entrepreneurs of tomorrow
It's never too
IT'S all about attitude and it's never t
9,000 students
MORE than 9,000 students leave school be
Universities en
THE seven university presidents have giv
Lack of part-ti
A SHORTAGE of part-time work may be affe
Record number o
THE Health Service Executive (HSE) is de
Department insi
THE Department of Education has insisted
Thirty-six men
THIRTY-SIX men are due to begin studies
High college up
THOUSANDS of students waiting for a coll
CAO sees 30% ri
A 30% rise in the number of mature stude
Children of top
THE children of top-earning medical, leg
Two-thirds disa
AROUND two-thirds of people applying to
Junior Cert stu
MORE than 55,500 students getting their
O'Keeffe: Union
A TEACHERS' union has been accused by Ed
1,000 college p
ABOUT 1,000 college places a year are to
Minister congra
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe congrat
Future for Iris
THE future for Irish looks bright after
Graduate teache
NEWLY-qualified teachers are applying fo
Girls outdo boy
THE 2009 Junior Certificate results have
Top marks for t
FOR nine students who received their Jun
Analog devices
Analog Devices Ireland today announced a
Young Environme
Registration is now open for Ireland’s
Ireland triumph
Newly crowned Irish World Champions Koni
Kinsale winners
THEY could be on the verge of fortune an
Education polic
The Government must continue to prioriti
UCD Quinn Schoo
Each year, UCD Quinn School hosts a numb
1,000 college p
ANNE MARIE Scarry's vision impairment fa
Science exhibit
Clouds made from ice-cream and insects t
20% of Leaving
Some 20% of Leaving Cert pupils who appe
One-in-three wh
ALMOST one-in-three students who appeale
Figures show gr
THE case for reintroducing some form of
Trinity ranked
Trinity College Dublin was today ranked
Parents and sch
SCHOOL management, principals and parent
Early school le
THE work of a Cork programme for early s
Hike in college
CASH-STRAPPED universities will be left
The Book of Kel
Miriam O'Callaghan was on hand to help l
Test for entry
THE new test used in addition to Leaving
One in three ma
MORE than one in three secondary school
School principa
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has wri
Registration fe
COLLEGE registration fees will have to r
Chaplain vacanc
THE country's second-largest university
College staff '
COLLEGE staff need to change their metho
Third of colleg
One in three college students in Ireland
Grant applicati
THE law needed to place statutory time l
New centre to s
Abuse of the elderly in Ireland will com
Colleges under
COLLEGES are under pressure to meet dema
Teachers to str
Teachers across the country have voted i
Rise in those s
THE number of early school leavers seeki
'The best cours
JACK Shanahan is a renaissance man. An a
New Scholar Car
The Irish Second-Level Students' Union h
126 students to
One-hundred-and-twenty-six students are
Trinity turns t
TRINITY College Dublin is being forced t
Awards for fema
Mr Conor Lenihan TD, Minister for Scienc
O'Keeffe orders
A SURVEY of how third-level colleges hav
New cookery com
Sligo company Good4U has launched t
Colleges told h
ALL third-level colleges have been told
Budget 'ignores
The body representing Vocational Educati
60,000 students
AROUND 60,000 third-level students will
Student fears b
A STUDENT already waiting a full term fo
Institute of te
CORK Institute of Technology has insiste
Info day for st
A one-day event for students with a disa
BOI announces 6
Bank of Ireland has announced today that
CIF: Up to 100,
The Construction Industry Federaton is t
Fáilte Ireland
SCHOOLS are being encouraged to avoid th
Single agency m
THE Government is considering a single a
Retired teacher
SCHOOLS are still giving substitution wo
Schools to get
The country's 4,000 schools are to get f
Easter holidays
MORE than 100,000 Leaving and Junior Cer
Blondes fare ba
It is a hairy issue, but a team of buddi
Opposition hits
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe was&nbs
College applica
THE numbers applying for college places
Young scientist
Students from across country will brave
BT Young Scient
The winner of the BT Young Scientist Exh
Tánaiste: A to
TÁNAISTE Mary Coughlan has admitted thi
Irish Speakers
Irish speakers are a new elite in employ
O'Keeffe vows t
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe's offic
CAO to collect
IMPORTANT information on the backgrounds
Blarney student
BLARNEY has done it again. Richard O'She
Follow the Flee
Due to recent inclement weather conditio
Young Scientist
THE Minister for Foreign Affairs has ask
School doubly p
HAVING a Young Scientist winner in your
Young Scientist
RICHARD O'SHEA doesn't want a penny for
'Let's talk abo
When it comes to the drugs issue in Irel
Technology and
Dublin Tourism today, Wednesday 20th Jan
School SNA post
HUNDREDS of children will lose the suppo
Teachers planni
Teachers are planning withdraw from extr
New recruitment
Leading Irish Recruitment group Sigmar r
Travel awards o
Cork-based not-for-profit organisation E
Money fears put
A new report says certain groups in soci
Parents plead w
PARENTS want teachers to end any industr
Study details b
FUNDING difficulties, poor guidance at s
Grants cover on
COLLEGE grants for disadvantaged student
College chiefs
The heads of seven Irish universities wi
Students' needs
LOUISE* is one of hundreds of special ne
'My son's futu
"WE struggled so hard to get this help,
O'Keeffe: Four
SOME academics are spending as little as
2,000 children
IMPACT says that up to 2,000 children wi
No extra money
The Taoiseach has today said that extra
Comedian helps
Learning Irish has been made all the mor
Record number o
This year has seen a record number of pe
Competition for
ANOTHER rise in the overall number of ap
SNA cuts won't
THE number of special needs assistants (
UL €6m centre
A €6 million language centre, opened y
Encyclopaedia b
One of the world's most trusted referenc
College 'vision
MARY Immaculate teacher training College
Special needs l
THE Government must put more urgency on
Grant delays fo
A BUREAUCRATIC mess is at the heart of s
Girls' schools
Gonzaga College, Coláiste Iosagáin and
Engineers Week
Mayor Mick Duff, South Dublin County Cou
NCI to improve
National College of Ireland has ann
NUI Galway conn
An innovative programme connecting medic
Budget changes
The recent rise in mature student applic
O'Kelly goes ba
Irish and Leinster rugby player Malcolm
Double-jobbing
A DOUBLE-JOBBING college lecturer has be
Transition year
MINISTER for Labour Affairs, Dara Callea
Selfless studen
SIX Cork students are in the running for
'You can't put
THE Ballincollig Youthreach centre has m
School leavers
THE Youthreach system, which offers seco
Dublin college
Work is expected to begin this summer on
Images of drunk
IMAGES of drunk students sprawled on the
Half of maths t
ALMOST half of those who teach maths in
NUI Galway/UL a
NUI Galway and the University of Limeric
UCC world's fi
UCC has become the first university in t
USI welcomes ba
The Union of Students in Ireland has wel
No timeframe gi
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe was una
National SNA re
THE National Council for Special Educati
Engineers Irela
Engineers Ireland have launched a report
Irish and UK em
The NUI Galway annual Teaching Careers F
Universities re
UNIVERSITIES have rejected concerns that
USI welcomes re
The Union of Students in Ireland has wel
Staffing restri
STUDENTS may find their opportunities to
First-class hon
THE percentage of university students ge
College student
The artists and students of Dun Laoghair
Science and eng
COLLEGE hopefuls have turned towards gen
Software issues
STUDENTS who took the first Leaving Cert
Cork schools ev
SAVING a day care centre for the elderly
Student game de
Two second-year Electronic and Computer
Actor reaps rew
A YOUNG man has reaped a reward for fore
Creation of 10,
AROUND 10,000 construction jobs are expe
University firs
UNIVERSITY College Cork is the first thi
O'Keeffe: Plan
PLANS for an overhaul of Vocational Educ
School to launc
A Co Wicklow school is launching the fir
Top marks for I
Irish universities have come top of the
Record number o
A record number of students have applied
FREE Leaving Ce
The National College of Ireland (NCI)&nb
Information eve
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)
Almost 1,700 st
ALMOST 1,700 students are still waiting
Call for more m
The President of the Irish Primary Princ
Jobs boost fore
Almost 500 jobs are expected to be creat
High-tech secto
Education Minister Mary Coughlan today b
18 students sho
Eighteen second- and third-level student
Factory just th
A FACTORY of a different kind will be of
1,000 jobs in p
One thousand new jobs are up for grabs t
UCC governing b
THE governing body of University College
Student lands t
UP and coming business visionaries, whos
Education fund
National College of Ireland has teamed u
Third-level col
Third level colleges need an extra €4b
'It is devastat
MICHELLE Mitchell's chances of fulfillin
Cork has bigges
HUNDREDS of third-level students are sti
Schools 'not pr
PARENTS believe second-level education d
NCI part-time c
Do you want to step up your career, deve
Changing course
Q My daughter is in her first year in co
HPAT exams
In last year's CAO season, one of the bi
Meet the mature
Twenty years ago they stood out like a s
Maths: You don'
To master Maths, you must master both co
The student's v
Higher level: The A1 Irish Student’s v
In my opinion:
Everyone talks about the importance of i
English: The te
There have been no alterations to the En
Family support
Having been made redundant in late 2008,
French: The tea
The French examination is not about memo
Plan for half U
Just half of UCD students will come thro
Graduates lacki
MANY graduates are unable to "hit the gr
Science moved t
Science subjects are being abandoned at
In my opinion:
There is no reason to believe that award
Warning on scie
GROWING numbers of students are not taki
Jobs for gradua
GRADUATES' chances of finding employment
Tech-savvy stud
TECHY-savvy Irish students are preparing
Down with exams
The Junior Cert is unlikely to be scrapp
Colleges 'charg
THE student registration charge of €1,
Understanding w
The majority of school leavers are now c
Students waitin
MORE than 250,000 people are still waiti
Applying for te
Q. My daughter is applying to CAO for a
2,000 new teach
MORE than 1,000 new teaching jobs will b
It's not a doss
Bill Cullen famously suggested it was a
Entry requireme
How do you know if a student will be abl
Five jobs may h
My aim was to get the most out my work e
USI calls on Ed
The Union of Students in Ireland (USI) h
Study finds maj
CHILDREN of professionals get an average
With industry r
Conor Foy and Matthew Mulqueen from 1st
Thousands fret
THOUSANDS of students still do not know
All cisterns go
The toilets flush using rainwater harves
Pupils will be
SECONDARY schools face "inevitable disru
Changes to stud
Education Minister Mary Coughlan announc
Tomorrow's worl
The US-based National Centre for Superco
'Students are n
ST PAUL'S College in Raheny, Dublin, has
Dreaming of bec
Dreaming of flying? Make it a reality; g
Teaching and Le
The first Irish Teaching and Learning Fe
How to survive
It is only a week until the start of Jun
Leaving Cert wr
The Leaving Certificate written examinat
Just the tonic
Roisin Osborne and John O'Flynn were sho
IVEA issues pra
The Irish Vocational Education Associati
Maths should be
STUDENTS may have to include maths in th
A happy return
FOR Catherine Haverty, the decision to l
Having hayfever
Schoolchildren who suffer from hayfever
Exam time
As if anybody needed reminding, today ma
University fund
THE Leaving Cert Class of 2010 face pack
Exam diary: Pra
TODAY is the beginning of the end of my
Pupils are urge
The 116,000 students starting their Leav
US students get
In the United States, it has become comm
'Ideal start' h
Junior Certificate English higher-level
Theme of ‘the
IT was a tale of two papers for Leaving
Mixed reaction
THERE was mixed reaction to the Leaving
'Lovely' questi
A TEACHER'S views on the Junior Certific
Maths teachers
ALMOST 2,000 maths teachers are not full
'No funds' to m
EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has rul
Exam Diary: Day
Beep, beep, beep. Morning Ireland, this
Little cause to
Leaving Certificate Engineering (Materia
Fair, accessibl
ENGLISH wrapped up nicely for Leaving Ce
Pluses and minu
FOR a change it was higher-level maths s
Student chat: w
Facebook.com'I am delighted with the geo
Exam diary: Tea
After a morning spent practising complex
One small quest
A subsection of one question at ordinary
More challengin
FULL marks for topicality on the Leaving
Bid to remove '
THE High Court yesterday upheld the cont
Mostly fair, ap
FAIR, but challenging in parts -- that w
Papers go down
The traditional Leaving Certificate Math
'Fair, do-able
THE second paper in Junior Certificate m
Schools agree i
THE first exams in the new-style second-
Obscure, challe
The Leaving Certificate Irish Higher Lev
Facebook questi
Barack Obama's use of text messages to g
Exam diary: Doi
It was with fear that I entered the exam
WIT CAO drop-in
Title: Drop in Week - Info on CAO course
Write Here, Rig
WIN A JOURNALISM SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNS
Exam diary: A d
Yesterday was a sad day. As I finished I
Test turns to t
A QUESTION about the play 'An Triail' pr
Exam chiefs sor
STATE exam chiefs have apologised for an
A fair paper bu
TEACHERS felt Leaving Certificate higher
Pupils who boas
STUDENTS who boast online about cheating
Difficult start
Leaving Certificate French Higher Level
All colleges ex
Four universities have backed the idea o
Celebrate but b
LEAVING Certificate students preparing f
Revision is key
Junior Certificate History Higher Level
Bonus for maths
BONUS points for maths will simply drive
Exam diary: Far
With Darwin and Wallace fresh in my mind
A reasonable pa
ALTHOUGH Junior Certificate Religious Ed
Baking queen le
She didn't turn up on the paper, but cel
Harder than hea
Higher level students would find it easi
Bono makes an a
TEACHERS' views differed on the Leaving
Student chat: w
'Lying on the couch, footie's just start
Only the little
Waking up yesterday morning, I got my fi
'Difficult to f
Challenging but fair was the general ver
Few surprises i
There was nothing on the Junior Certific
Exam diary: Fas
HAVING brushed up on my French vocabular
Open evening at
IBAT College will be having an Open Even
Exam diary: Sav
WITH a weekend spent revising the physic
Data-logger mak
Leaving Cert PhysicsSome teachers and st
Fair papers cov
Junior Cert Technical GraphicsThe higher
Tools, trees an
JUNIOR Certificate students sitting yest
Missing exam pa
EXAM chiefs have been left red-faced onc
Latest blunder
Leaving Cert AccountingTeachers said the
Exam chiefs sla
THE embattled State Examinations Commiss
Exam diary: No
ANOTHER exam-free day but no rest for th
Visual aids are
Junior Cert MetalworkHIGHER-level candid
Confusion over
Junior Cert SpanishNO missing pages, but
Few problems in
Leaving Cert SpanishDespite the 'challen
Questions asked
LEAVING Certificate chemistry higher-lev
End of another
Another academic cycle draws to a close
Exercise First
NUI Galway has become the first universi
Coughlan calls
EXAM commissioners will meet today to di
Marathon format
THE marathon that is classical studies i
Exam diary: Sta
In between hours of study for my final e
Papers strike a
Papers at both higher and ordinary level
'Excellent' gra
A QUESTION about hybrid eco-friendly car
Topical... just
THE current economic situation provided
The stage is se
Gillian Quinn (18) had a double reason t
Aileen finishes
FEMALE soccer star Aileen Gilroy made Le
Exam diary: Fre
There's something lurking in the air aro
Fair papers wor
Leaving Cert MusicThere were no complain
CAO surge as ad
THERE has been a surge in adults seeking
Teachers unhapp
Leaving Cert Agri ScienceSOME teachers h
A 'nice' send-o
If the sunny weather didn't have Junior
Minister at odd
EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan has cla
Final call for
NUI Galway has issued a final call for a
UCD now top stu
THE COUNTRY'S biggest university, UCD, h
Leaving Cert re
KEY reforms designed to make the Leaving
Second-time luc
THE Health Professions Admissions Test (
Colleges get
THE Taoiseach will today unveil the bigg
Numbers at scho
The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs&
Special maths e
The College of Engineering and Informati
Information ses
The Union of Students in Ireland in conj
Anger at State'
THE Government has been accused of presi
Students opt fo
STUDENTS are choosing to study engineeri
Help at hand fo
THE Irish Independent has once again tea
Parents struggl
THE cost of educating a child from prima
More students s
MORE students than ever are experiencing
Over 1,000 to g
MORE than 1,000 students are expected to
Students' healt
The points race has turned the Leaving C
Battle begins f
The race for a college place has begun i
Helpline advice
Children's Minister Barry Andrews has re
Free college pl
THE newly unemployed are struggling to s
More students u
HARD-pressed students and their families
Caped crusaders
STUDENTS staged a noisy protest yesterda
Points race sti
EMPLOYERS last night backed calls for an
No return to fe
EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan insiste
Appealing your
If students are unhappy with their exam
Choose your pro
Over 3,400 students receiving their Leav
Walking on suns
A BREAK in the sun is still the rite of
How to view you
The State Examination Commission underta
Making it a nig
Moderation seems to be the last thing on
My story: Trion
For Triona O’Sullivan, going to colleg
Dates for your
A look ahead to some of the important da
Hard to make th
Art is the toughest test for Leaving Cer
College is not
Not every Leaving Cert student wants to
Student scores
One bright Leaving Certificate student t
Coughlan: point
EDUCATION Minister Mary Coughlan yesterd
Exam diary: Dre
Opening the envelope, I scan through the
Tables: Leaving
How the exams break down - this year and
Not the end of
A disappointing Maths result in the Leav
‘Am I too lat
It’s not too late, although the opport
Successful stud
Two best friends plan to celebrate in st
Maths failure r
The failure rate for maths in a secondar
More glory as s
THE cream of Ireland's young sporting an
Talented Srujan
A 16-YEAR-OLD high achiever scored a per
Failing a Leavi
As the dust settles after yesterday's re
Teacher succeed
A TEACHER who sat a gruelling 30 Leaving
Students will r
THIS year's crop of college-bound studen
He is top of th
THE only student to achieve nine A1s in
In brief: Exam
A BLUNDER in this year's Junior Cert bus
My new life sta
IF somebody had told me last year that I
Hundreds of wor
HUNDREDS of distressed students and thei
College revolt
TWO universities have rejected Education
Students face f
STUDENTS face the prospect of another hi
Girls outscore
GIRLS have retained their strong lead ov
Students seek h
MATHS failure was the main cause of conc
Results withhel
LEAVING Cert students caught cheating in
Didn't get your
This weekend may drag a little for CAO a
Mum tells of pa
EVERY parent's nightmare is to see their
College grant s
THE third-level grants system faces 'mel
Entry to medici
GETTING into medicine is even tougher th
Apply for a gra
The tuition fees of eligible first time
CAO is not only
Despite all the emphasis on CAO at the p
The numbers rep
The number of students repeating their L
The real fun be
It's only been a couple of months, but s
Start as you me
The first term at university is a thrill
CAO is a very m
The points results this year are, to mix
Good news on La
There is plenty of good news for school-
Nursing applica
Nursing has taken another leap in the po
Now it's decisi
It is the easiest thing in the world to
Top tips to hel
College is expensive, fact. Whether you
Everything you
The Leaving Certificate year is an exhau
How private col
With more and more people chasing a plac
Calculate your
The first thing to remember about points
The British opt
Is there any point in an Irish applicant
How the HPAT wo
  HPAT stands for the Health P
My story: AnnMa
Ann Marie Crudden is part of the changin
Choosing home s
Good accommodation is an important facto
Taking charge o
For those students who chose and are off
Over 40% of hig
Over 40% of higher level maths students
Free college pl
Unemployed? National College of Ireland
My story: Orla
There is never just one way of doing thi
Now for the rea
IT was 535 - no, not points, but the tim
What to do if y
This had been a record-breaking year for
Points race nei
A FORMER university president has hit ou
Fears 66pc will
MORE THAN two-thirds of students who app
Tips for gettin
Despite the problems CAO encountered wit
A is for audaci
A STRAIGHT-A student gets another 'A' fo
CAO site probe
THE Central Applications Office (CAO) we
Random selectio
Of all the ways of losing a college plac
Parents facing
PARENTS waiting for payment of the back-
There may still
Some applicants may have not yet accepte
Gardai launch p
GARDAI last night launched an investigat
Further-educati
In case any CAO applicant has failed to
How to accept y
College admissions offices all over the
Has the time co
To their detractors, they are a relic of
Entrepreneurs t
IT pays to be original. Student Cillian
CAO offers to d
There has been a big jump this year in t
Diary of a scho
It's great to be back at work! I take a
Why the Leaving
When it comes to assessing students, Rev
Box clever: Tip
The schools have begun to reopen, and ev
What next for s
At the close of round one at 5.15pm last
Online blitz se
MORE than 17,000 students accepted colle
Green sector 's
THE growing interest in green technology
O'Keeffe insist
EDUCATION Minister Batt O'Keeffe has ins
Change fails to
THE new selection system aimed at wideni
Still time to a
THERE is still time to appeal a Leaving
Medicine points
DESPITE all applicants with at least 480
Almost 47,000 a
ALMOST 47,000 applicants have been offer
School leavers
POINTS requirements for most courses sho
First round of
The first round of offers for undergradu
Education Minis
The Minister for Education is seeking me
Points could ri
THE Leaving Certificate points required
Females continu
GIRLS who do Leaving Certificate maths a
Research centre
TEACHING methods being developed by coll
Schools told jo
FEW newly graduated teachers will be lef
Girls continue
Girls are continuing to perform better t
Students will o
STUDENT leaders have promised they will
Curriculum chan
THE only way to tackle worrying grades i
O'Keeffe faces
JUST one-in-six students sat higher leve
Students advise
ANY student who is unhappy with their re
Concern at fall
FEWER students are taking higher level m
Tougher points
THE points race for college places will
High third-leve
THE state has one of the highest partici
English Paper I
The blunder in this year's English Leavi
Training of mat
The organisation representing the engine
Concerns over c
A group representing the Irish pharmaceu
Ministers given
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has set
57,000 Leaving
More than 57,000 Leaving Cert pupils acr
Anxious wait al
AROUND 55,000 students will receive thei
Ireland has sec
Almost half of the country's 25 to 34-ye
Education centr
Warning for stu
Ahead of the publication of Leaving Cert
73,982 to apply
The Central Applications Office (CAO) in
Bright future f
Engineers Ireland has today said student
Helpline launch
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has off
IBEC concerned
The employers' group IBEC says it is ser
Students look t
An education analyst has said the Govern
Dublin schools
ONLY three schools outside Dublin featur
Information eve
The Union of Students in Ireland is to h
Graduates farin
COLLEGE graduates are faring relatively
Job loss taken
FAMILIES who have lost their jobs since
Least well-off
RURAL people, mature students and the le
60,000 students
UP to 60,000 students have been left cou
Minister announ
Minister for Education and Science, Batt
Chat rooms and
WEBSITES, chat rooms and blogs helped co
University recr
A PLANNED recruitment embargo in the cou
Bord na Móna t
Bord na Móna has announced plans to cre
Minister to unv
Communications Minister Eamon Ryan is du
UCC finances on
THE country's second-largest university
Temp teacher jo
A TEMPORARY teaching job at a Dublin sch
An Bord Snip re
An Bord Snip's long-anticipated report i
Student loans d
PARENTS have given cautious backing to p
Registration fe
THE possible postponing of the €1,500
Minister presen
A new scheme could see students having t
Students turn a
STUDENTS are turning away in huge number
O'Keeffe to rec
The Minister for Education Batt O'Keeffe
O'Keeffe to pre
Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe has sai
College provide
Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMI
Govt starts upg
The Government has launched a project wh
Science papers
SCIENTIFIC knowledge was the important r
Topical themes
FOR almost 20,000 Junior Certificate stu
Students forced
DOZENS of college courses have been canc
Well-balanced p
MORE than 15,500 Junior Certificate stud
Chemistry paper
MANY questions on the ordinary leve
O'Keeffe outlin
ANY reform of Leaving Certificate course
Students thrown
MORE than 5,000 Leaving Certificate musi
Pens down as
THE last day of the Leaving Certificate
School and exam
A study by the Department of Health has
History and Fre
BOTH comprehension pieces in Wednes
Repeat of 2008
LEAVING Certificate students have commit
Comedy helps ea
WHETHER it was "in the name of the fada"
Similar text fr
A MOCK Leaving Certificate exam paper pu
Sun shines on s
DESPITE the poor forecast, the sun came
It didn't quite
IT wasn't all sunshine for students sitt
Junior Cert hig
WITH only about 5,000 Leaving Certificat
First taste of
THE sun was shining on the students of N
English paper l
THE first Leaving Certificate English pa
Answers cooked
FOR the girls of St Patrick's College, H
Exams chaos as
SECOND-LEVEL schools have vowed to do al
English exam re
The State Examinations Commission has be
Leaving and Jun
This year's Leaving Cert and Junior Cert
Timetable chang
THE vast majority of students beginning
Fewer Leaving C
THE proportion of Leaving Certificate st
Universities to
Five Irish universities have come togeth
School to recei
An Irish secondary school is set to make
O'Keeffe announ
THE Minister for Education and Science,
ASTI warns of t
The loss of teaching jobs in second-leve
Private hospita
The Minister for Education and Science,
College student
AROUND 60,000 college students face the
Confusion over
PARENTS have warned Leaving Certificate
Student grant r
A spokesperson for the Minister for Educ
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SciFest is a local one-day science fair
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THE vast majority of school leavers feel
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New courses at
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ABOUT 60,000 college students could face
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UNIVERSITIES here are facing deficits of
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