Yesterday, 16 South Dublin schools fell victim to yet more exam blunders from the State Examinations Commission. Half of the paper was missing.

We’re going to look horribly copycat and late on to the scene with this post but believe it or not this post was started a few days ago and i’ll tell you what triggered it…

There you are… sweat rolling off you the night before the first leaving cert exam. It’s three million degrees outside, all your favourite films are just starting on TV and you happen to find loads of interesting stories and conversations online. You know that’s the way it’s gonna be, no matter how hard you work or how well prepared you are…

Just in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, we feel it’s our duty to remind you that there are now exactly 21 days until doomsday… what can you expect on day one? Here’s what…

Cheating is only cheating if you get caught. It does go on and it will continue to go on. Some get caught, some don’t but no doubt this case will make some people think twice…

The department of education are carrying out an investigation in to why results have improved so much over the last couple of decades…

If you check out our polls section you’ll see we have a poll called: What type of exams do you prefer? Currently 67% of voters have went for continuous assessment, with 26% going for exams and the remaining 7% of you just don’t care. Thanks everyone for voting by the way!

Most of you have the brains to get what you want / need in the leaving cert. Some people just seem to naturally do anything they’re told… they’ll have homework done as fast as it’s given to them, they’ll attend easter revision courses and grinds classes despite the fact they’ve aced their mocks…

We recently posted about the leaving cert timetable for 2010. It would be a good idea to have a read of that post and download the full timetable for the 2010 leaving certificate, but more importantly you should create your own mini timetable.

There will be over 71,000 people applying for college courses around the country in 2010/2011. There are only about 50,000 places in total in college, so you don’t need an A1 in honours maths to work out that there are more applicants than places. Almost 20,000 more.