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Leaving Cert results: Tears and joy as students receive results; grades down compared with last year
Leaving Cert results have been delivered to more than 730 second-level schools, and are available online now
Balancing act continues as Leaving Cert grades drop back by an average of just over 1%
Timelines for fully removing pandemic-related post-marking adjustment will continue to be informed by the 2026 experience
You have your Leaving Cert results. Now what?
Stay calm and ensure you are clear on how to interpret your grades as they relate to your college requirements
Appeal, wait, go abroad, repeat: what can you do if you don’t get your first CAO choice?
Students from the class of 2026 have more options than ever
CAO points system cannot be used to measure intelligence
People possess distinct intelligences, not just one or two that can be captured by an IQ test or examination
Leaving Cert 2026: A unique second-level journey ends
Whatever results you have just received are a mark of your resilience over six uniquely challenging years
Why do so many under-35s struggle to find work in Ireland’s booming economy?
Despite near full employment there were more than 80,000 people aged 34 and under unemployed in the second quarter of 2026
Advice for first years: ‘You don’t find yourself at university, you kind of create yourself there’
Bel Aghedo has completed her first year of a law degree at University of Galway
How can incoming students get the best out of their first year at college?
Making the library a second home can pay dividends when exams and assignments fall due
Online shoppers face new €2 charge for non-EU goods from November
New handling fee of €2 is set to be imposed on all purchases from outside the EU on top of existing €3 per item charge
If CMAT’s at it, it must be cool: The ever-growing appetite for food-themed fashion
Is a desire for authenticity behind our growing love of food-themed clothes and bags? Or do we just want to be ‘different’?
‘Michelle Yeoh is just incredible’: Dublin teenager Katelyn Rose Downey on acting with an Oscar winner
The Irish actor on the upcoming TV series Blade Runner 2099, working on an adaptation of Marian Keyes’s Grown Ups, and staying grounded
My boyfriend often drinks heavily and takes cocaine and I’m struggling to deal with it
Ask Roe: On the surface level, I find it disgraceful that my partner would get into this state
My approach to birthdays is to hide and hope the hound of time passes me by
Of course it’s not all bad: these days of apparent celebration can teach us a lot about ourselves
Virtual holidays: Eight video-game destinations offering a break from the real world
Haven’t managed to get away this summer? Time on your own private island is just one of the virtual changes of scene that might make up for it
Hugo Spritz is the drink of the summer – here’s how to make one
How to Drink Better: This simple elderflower cocktail seems to be having a moment in the sun
Student accommodation is left to the mercy of private-sector profiteers
State has delegated responsibility for solving crisis to developers
Affordable student accommodation is essential educational infrastructure
Universities are educational institutions, not commercial landlords
Most Irish universities hike on-campus accommodation costs for new academic year
UCD Village room for almost €12,000 remains Ireland’s most expensive student accommodation
The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey: ‘I’ve felt slightly on the outside, too old and too young at the same time’
Ramsey, who got their first TV job on Game of Thrones aged 11, on child stardom, living alone and Celebrity Traitors
What ‘smart’ watches get wrong and right when tracking the quality of your sleep
With millions of people now using wearables, there is a market for improved accuracy
Make it special: the best restaurants around Ireland to book for your next occasion
From Cork to Belfast and Dublin to Carrick-on-Shannon, these fun places will help you to celebrate
Fleadh ‘miracle’ sparks optimism for Belfast’s future
Cultural connections – and a vision of a pedestrian-friendly city – leave a lasting impact
Teen and preteen skincare is a minefield - stick to the basics
Products worth introducing, the ingredients to avoid and why less is always more
Vape tax increase being considered after it raises €22m in nine months
Increase likely to be announced in Budget 2027
New public information campaign warns of the terms ‘tradwife’ and ‘manosphere’
Government-funded strategy takes aim at stereotypical gender roles promoted by influencers
‘That Irish passport is so valuable’: Record number of Australians apply for citizenship
Irish document opened up work and travel opportunities ‘I may not have had otherwise’, says woman whose parents emigrated from Wexford
Teenage dieting made me an expert in mental arithmetic
Although I learned metric in school in 1980s Britain, the architecture of shame and ambition around body weight was expressed in stone
Antrim student makes piano history with one hand: ‘The overwhelming feeling was just relief’
Freya Terris is the first pianist to pass their Grade 8 piano exam playing solely with their left hand
A trivial comedy for serious YA readers, and more summer page-turners for teens
Prolific author Elle Kennedy has published her first YA novel, Thornbird, a satisfyingly twisty and swoony mystery tale
How are Palestinians meant to supply Government with financial histories for student visas?
The restrictions in the visa system are fundamentally incompatible with the supporting of Palestinian access to education, and must be done away with
Should young people with a part-time job contribute to the household budget?
Are we doing young people a disservice if we don’t expect them to contribute once they’re earning?
A Gaeilgeoir in Paris: ‘I have spoken more Irish this year than I have since my Leaving Cert’
Living in the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, Rachael Ní Leannáin has ‘never felt more connected to Ireland’
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