A downside of the late Easter is that when the sixth years return to school next week, there really is very little time left ...

That, at least, is how the Leaving Cert has been seen by generations of students. This year, however, many candidates and their parents worry that the exams are playing out across a very uneven ...

Ever since I sat that old Irish rite of passage, that traumatising end exam of formal education: Ye Olde Leaving Certificate.Most students go through this process, and most will be having nightmares ...

Is your child doing their Leaving Cert in June? Probably a bit stressed working towards the endgame? The whole house on tenterhooks? It’s a very tough exam, lots of us still have dreams about it.