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At the start of the nineties, with the last chords of ole ole ole croaking from our throats, and the whole world knowing that we were great craic, complete with a copy of The Joshua Tree under our arms, we sat down to see how we could all be taken more seriously across the world. For decades Paddy had been seen as the man with spuds growing in his fingernails, with the next fight just an utterance away. Now that we were universally acclaimed as being great fun to be with, all we needed to join the world was a bitteen of wealth and a bitteen of education — the two things our forefathers had fought for in the GPO.

The Junior Certificate stifles creativity and a spirit of enquiry in the next generation, IBEC, the group that represents Irish business, has claimed this week, as results of the exam were released.

Ballinrobe Community School will hold an open meeting on Monday March 9 where the senior cycle options offered by the school will be discussed.

What do Tommy Walsh, John Tennyson and James “Cha” Fitzpatrick have in common?

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Galway and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Kilkenny and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Mayo and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams.

As the Leaving and Junior Cert exams fast approach, thousands of students in Westmeath and across the country can now avail of Mocks.ie, a new online exam and correction service developed to help students prepare for their exams. 

Westmeath has the third highest 2nd level school absentee rate in the country behind Leitrim and Cavan, according to figures released earlier this year from the school attendance body, the National Educational Welfare Board (NEWB) but highlighted by the teachers' union, the INTO, at conference this week.

With the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams looming, Mairead Murphy, Schools Liaison Officer at Griffith College, has prepared some tips that will assist students when sitting the exams.