“All 144 candidates affected by this issue have been contacted and notified.” State exam chiefs have apologised after a computer error affected the grades of 144 Leaving Cert Applied (LCA) students. The mistake was in relation to the personal reflection task, which is an LCA component worth 10 out of 190 credits. The State Examination […]

4 years ago

Half of all applicants received their first choice, with that figure climbing to 90% for level 6 and 7 applicants. There has been a significant rise in the points required for a majority of courses in 2021 as CAO offers were released on Tuesday. Leaving Cert students and other CAO (Central Applications Office) applicants throughout […]

4 years ago

“Higher grades do mean higher points.” There are concerns that students reapplying to the CAO this year will be affected by the grades awarded to the Leaving Certificate class of 2020. JOE spoke to a large cohort of people who feel they have been forgotten in the midst of this year’s Leaving Cert crisis. This […]

6 years ago

First of all, congratulations. It’s been a year like no other, and one of incredible uncertainty for the class of 2020. This year’s Leaving Cert results have been released as of 9am this morning, but for many people this is only a stepping stone in the process. Let’s take a look at some of the […]

6 years ago

Chris O’Dowd was up bright and early this morning and he had a somewhat reassuring message for Leaving Cert students who might be worried about today’s results.

12 years ago

Whether it’s an in-joke or it’s because he’s the youngest looking member of the squad, Luke Fitzgerald got a good ribbing from his Leinster team-mates on Twitter tonight ahead of the release of the Leaving Cert results tomorrow.

13 years ago