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More than 70,000 Leaving Certificate students are receiving their exam results today, with the overall trend showing fewer top marks awarded, as the impacts of grade deflation continue.
Friday’s results, in the aggregate, are close to those awarded in 2020
Whatever results you have just received are a mark of your resilience over six uniquely challenging years
People possess distinct intelligences, not just one or two that can be captured by an IQ test or examination
Cakes and Ale Holiday Park is seeking approval to provide accommodation for Sizewell C contractors.
Growing evidence that cutting coal use and bans on high-polluting vehicles are leading directly to health benefits Failing crops, wildfires and overloaded health systems are focusing minds on the local impacts of our changing climate. While carbon emissions reduction is normally framed as having a global benefit rather than a local gain, studies published in 2025 and 2026 from Greece have added to growing evidence th
Free from a big brand’s audience expectations, new studio GPTrack50 has created a wacky action-packed romp through a monster-filled world for its first game Love is blind. In Stupid Never Dies, it is also frozen solid and technically dead as Davy, the weakest zombie in monster society, discovers Julia’s body in a shopping centre and falls in love at first sight. He wants to bring her back to life and take her on a da
Five years on, the regime’s chokehold has left Afghan women with almost nothing, but many are still bravely fighting for their freedom The Taliban did not just ban women from schools, impose the burqa and outlaw smartphones. The Taliban built a system that enslaves nearly half the country’s population, or according to outdated statistics: 21,701,532 women and girls. In general, the Taliban’s system runs on laws that
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From a new high-speed line to better intercity links, the PM has a chance to tackle problems he criticised as Manchester mayor For passenger rail travel, the north of England was the future, once. But since that first train from Darlington to Stockton in 1825, many have felt short-changed. As one angry passenger put it, 200 years later: “What is it about the rail industry which makes them think they can treat passeng
Mother of Billy Caldwell, who has severe epilepsy, celebrates son’s story while pushing for better access to prescription cannabis for families who need it When Billy Caldwell was a baby he was not expected to survive infancy. A severe form of epilepsy condemned his tiny body to daily seizures – brutal, draining and each one potentially fatal. “They couldn’t get the seizures under control,” his mother, Charlotte, rec
The essence of cycling is to keep moving, but London’s chaotic roads often make this difficult. My solution: fewer, not more rules I plead guilty. I have loved and used the streets of London all my life, as a cyclist, driver and pedestrian. Touch wood, I have done so without accident, blemish or insurance claim. Yet now I find myself perpetually on the wrong side of the law. Regulation has become bureaucratic and cha
Blondies will happily take an ice-cream filling without falling apart, and when those biscuits are infused with herbs, they also help to cut through some of the sweetness Ice-cream sandwiches have really grown on me. I used to find them a bit tricky to eat; far too many of them had outer shells so hard they would crack a tooth, while the rest would turn to mush after a few minutes out of the freezer. Finding the bala
National Trust’s Holnicote estate says restored wetlands and rivers offer proof of resilience to drought, wildfires and flooding Aerial footage of an estate in Somerset has revealed the benefits of rewilding land in the face of extreme weather brought about by the climate crisis. The area of the National Trust’s Holnicote estate where rivers have been returned to their natural courses and wetlands have been restored
Record expansion to be announced of third-level healthcare places to meet growing demand for services
Patrickswell man praises influence of sports psychologist Caroline Currid in All-Ireland run
The education system must be built for every child in it
Based on early proxy votes cast, the €1.2 billion offer by Rothwell and other managers looks set to be rejected
Political will is needed to adequately invest in publicly funded services
Some of the world’s biggest technology companies lobbied the Government on AI and online safety before Ireland’s EU presidency
Deaths of five teenagers linked to popularity of high risk-taking for ‘likes’ and affirmation
The firm Murphy founded with Mark Brosnan was acquired last year by Texas-based company Forcepoint for an undisclosed fee
Percentage of H1 grades falls from 12.1% to 10.1% as State continues unwinding of measure
The existing system of unlimited free public water for all households is unsustainable in the long term and unfair
Building more prison places will not fix a problem that starts with a shortage of psychiatric beds