Leaving Cert students completed English paper two on Thursday afternoon.

A teacher has given her initial reaction to Leaving Cert English paper one

The number of students sitting State exams has passed 140,000 for the first time

Dyslexia Ireland said the State Examinations Commission (SEC) and the Department of Education are "dragging their feet on this issue".

Patrick O’Donovan also said the statistics for this year’s Leaving Cert are ‘quite positive’.

More than 56,000 applicants were given an offer of a college place on Wednesday.

There were a total of 83,543 applicants to the Central Applications Office this year.

Calculated grades and the marking adjustment led to grade inflation during Covid, with attention now on when it will return to pre-pandemic levels.

Those who have already applied to the CAO can change their course choices up to 5pm on Monday evening

The three young men face charges relating to the alleged incident in June 2019