Leaving Cert: Top student ‘floating on cloud’ after eight A1s

Top of the class: Six students got eight A1s in schools in Dublin, Cork and Mayo

Question of the Week: Are boys doing better than girls in school?

Boys dominate feeder school lists for third level, but girls still perform best

Boys' schools dominate feeder lists for third-level colleges

Reversal of trend seen in 2011 and 2012 figures, when girls’ schools tended to perform significantly better than their male equivalents

Fee-paying schools dominate high-points courses

Table-topping Coláiste Eoin in Stillorgan bucks trend as one of just three non-fee-paying schools in top 10 with high progression rates

Feeder schools: Social class still drives school league tables

Students in more affluent areas of Dublin are four times more likely to go to college

Cuala on brink of writing name into history in Leinster club final

Dublin hurling club built from ground up by passion of a small minority in community

Leaving Cert: Smiles on Stillorgan campus as students collect

Almost 58,000 Leaving Cert students will receive their results today

Jennifer O’Connell: Cumberbatch gaffe pounced upon in a world convulsed with ragegasms

Benedict Cumberbatch’s inadvertent use of the historically loaded word ‘coloured’ deserved an apology, and one duly came. But wasn’t the outrage a bit overdone?

Coláiste Eoin: some parents objected to bullying workshop

Head of school says some parents had not wanted their sons at ShoutOut forum

School denies cancelling anti-homophobia workshops

Coláiste Eoin in Dublin says sessions will be held ‘at a future date’

Qualified apology from man who called President ‘midget parasite’

Derek Byrne refuses to apologise and withdraw his use of the word ‘parasite’

Dublin school cancels workshops on homophobic bullying

Group claims it was told Coláiste Eoin move was because ‘both sides’ should be heard

President Higgins called ‘midget parasite’ by protesters

Anti-water charge group gathered outside school President was visiting in Finglas

Loreto Abbey to open doors to Irish language post-primary

Gaelcholáiste an Phiarsaigh to start lessons in September after 10-year campaign

The man with the plan sees grey skies turn blue for Dublin hurling

Michael O’Grady believes one MacCarthy Cup would be worth five football All-Irelands

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