This year’s English paper 2, traditionally an exam where students “need every minute”, offered plenty to ruminate on, including a surprise or two, such as the absence of a poet hotly tipped to appear.

Leaving Cert English paper two was overall viewed as “manageable” as poets Paula Meehan and Elizabeth Bishop both appeared. Siobhán O’Donovan, a teacher at the Patrician Academy in Co Cork, said ...

English paper one proved a perfect way to “lance the boil” on this year’s Leaving Certificate exams, teachers have said in what they called a “lovely” exam. Siobhan O’Donovan, teacher at The Patrician ...

English teachers Clodagh Havel and Liam Dingle from the Institute of Education review the Leaving Cert Higher Level English exams. View the exam papers here too! In the video above, Study Hub 2026 ...

Aimee Harper is the Irish Independent Leaving Cert diarist for 2026. Aimee (19) is a sixth-year student at Coláiste Chiaráin in Leixlip, Co Kildare. In her second entry, Aimee gives her thoughts on ...

The State Leaving Certificate and Junior Cycle written exams are under way with record numbers of students registered. A total of 71,698 candidates are expected to sit this year's Leaving Certificate ...

The increased study of extremophile microbes has revealed a lot about what is and is not needed to sustain life on Earth ...

Americans want to Americanize the American Revolution. We accept the existence of a handful of single-named philosophical grandfathers—Locke and Montesquieu and the rest—and we recognize the help of a ...

Is it OK to ask awkward questions at the dinner table? Beth and Neil discuss chatting at meal times and teach you some useful vocabulary. A lot can happen around the dinner table – gossip, arguments.

Parchment paper—that humble roll of paper used to bake cookies—is having a moment right now. A cooking hack that’s gone viral on TikTok has people lining their stainless steel pans and cast iron ...