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After a tough start with paper 1 last week, many Leaving Cert students would have been relieved with a fair and approachable maths paper 2 on Monday morning. The 2026 State exams continued on Monday ...

Leaving Cert maths paper 1 may have “struck a bum note” with some students, with a very testing paper focused heavily on calculus, algebra, and sequences. The 2026 State exams continued on Friday, ...

There has been a mixed reaction to higher-level maths paper one, but the element of choice allowed students to swerve trickier questions, teachers have said. “Students who had prepared across the ...

That marks the end of week one of Leaving Cert 2026. Well done to all of you who have gotten through some of the toughest papers of the exams. I will leave you with some advice from Brian Mooney on ...

Students have been left in tears following an 'impossible' maths paper, with one declaring: "I only got my name right." More than 20,000 people have signed a petition calling for a review of the ...

Students have been reduced to tears following what many described as an 'impossible' maths examination, with one candidate claiming: "I only got my name right." Nearly 19,000 individuals have now ...

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Teachers, students and schools say the A-level maths paper represented a 'significant increase in difficulty compared with previous years' England's exam regulator Ofqual says it is "closely ...