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
Covid-19
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
Covid impacts and enhanced grades: five takeaways from 2026 Leaving Cert results
Friday’s results, in the aggregate, are close to those awarded in 2020
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
Leaving Cert results grade inflation cut again as number of H1s falls
Percentage of H1 grades falls from 12.1% to 10.1% as State continues unwinding of measure
Short on land, long on vision: Dutch lead the way on food production
Ireland could learn much from a nursery and research institute in the Netherlands
What is Moderna’s new cancer vaccine and how big a breakthrough is it?
Cancer vaccine approach may change how the disease is treated more broadly, experts say
We reached ‘peak-woke’ in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous
Participants subtly try to distance themselves from their 2020-2023 behaviour in shaping groupthink mindset
Heart and lung transplant rates fail to recover to pre-Covid levels, study finds
Number of transplants dropped substantially during pandemic due to lack of ICU places and have failed to recover
‘I was horrified’: Asthmatic garda ordered back on beat during Covid-19 surge, WRC told
Workplace Relations Commission dismisses equality complaint from Garda Joseph Joyce
US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of congress over Covid hearing
Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over pandemic response
Pfizer raises sales guidance on high demand for older drugs
Drugmaker plans for another $2.5bn in cost savings as it looks to move beyond post-Covid sales slump
Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid wage supports after losing Revenue challenge
Claim that non-essential part of retailer’s business forced to close during lockdowns was a separate division fails
How well did Ireland deal with Covid? Patterns emerge ahead of final report
Evaluation panel established in 2025 to examine Ireland’s response to pandemic is due to report in six months’ time
Limerick GP’s pandemic statements were ‘disparaging’ of health guidelines, hearing told
Fitness-to-practise committee considers 39 allegations against Dr Patrick Morrissey
Doctor’s tweets during Covid went against ethics guidelines, committee hears
Tenor of Patrick Morrissey’s tweets was disparaging of virus vaccines and authorities rolling them out, professor says
Budget 2027 expected to be tightest budget since before Covid-19
Summer Economic Statement suggests upcoming package will be the tightest since before the Covid-19 pandemic
GP alleged to have undermined public health policy during Covid faces hearing
Dr Patrick Morrissey prescribed hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to patients with symptoms of the virus
Hospitality entrepreneur denies alleged €270,000 debt over hotel lease agreement
Counterclaim to bankruptcy petition will say he is owed money from sale of premises, High Court hears
After decade of chaos, UK’s ruling Labour Party gambles on Andy Burnham
Former Manchester mayor is the seventh prime minister since UK’s Brexit vote
Walking and cycling as modes of travel decline from pandemic-era levels
Travelling by car remains most popular form of transport, says CSO report
One consultant doctor working for HSE earned more than €900,000 last year, report shows
Annual document says 11 employees, all of whom are consultants, were paid in excess of €500,000 each in 2025
The hosepipe snitches of suburban Ireland: It’s just not very ‘love thy neighbour’
Every country has its psychic hang-up. Is inter-citizen policing Ireland’s?
Father and son refused further appeal over Covid movement penalty notices
Supreme Court says there was no question of any injustice being visited on the appellants
UK wasted €11bn on defective or unused PPE during pandemic, Covid inquiry finds
Report criticises Tory government’s fast-tracked assessment of supplier offers made by contacts of ministers
Randox culls R & D jobs amid ‘post-Covid realignment’ of business
Northern Ireland-headquartered diagnostics group played a central role in Britain’s pandemic testing regime
Ryanair loses appeals against Italy’s Covid-19 aid to airlines in EU court
General Court finds that help was ‘compliant with EU law’ after case referred back for top EU court
Inquest hears of family’s ‘roars of sadness’ over mother’s death after surgery at Galway Clinic
Woman was transferred to University Hospital Galway after suffering three separate cardiac arrests
Ireland’s commitment to EU climate action under scrutiny during presidency of bloc
Campaigners urge Government to hold firm against pressures to ease environmental rules on industry
‘Our lives have changed unimaginably’: The people who quit city life for rural Ireland
Families who moved from city life share the freedoms, challenges and surprises of building a new life in the countryside
Michael O’Leary: ‘In 10 years’ time, Ryanair fares will be €45-€50 and I’ll be in a home for the bewildered’
Amid rising costs and industry turbulence, the Ryanair boss predicts a shake-out among European airlines
The weather is bliss, 300-plus days a year of sunshine. And beer on the plaza for €2
This year I’ve lived longer out of Ireland than in it. Will this gradually start to make me less Irish?
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