The Leaving Certificate wrapped up today with two final exams: religious education and applied maths. There was a mistake on the higher-level applied maths paper, said Oliver Murphy, an applied maths ...

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The best-yet test of artificial intelligence’s mathematical mettle has released its first official round of results. The verdict is that large language models (LLMs) are emerging as useful—albeit ...

Jean Kelly looks at Leaving Cert Ordinary Level Maths. Jean Kelly, a Study Hub regular down the years, shares her expert analysis on Leaving Certificate 2026 Maths Paper 1 and Paper 2 Ordinary Level.

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 ...

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 ...

Students have been left in tears after an ‘impossible’ maths paper which left one saying ‘I only got my name right’. Almost 19,000 people have signed a petition demanding a review of the Edexcel A ...

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