State exams for 2026 get under way at 9.30am with English paper one

More than 100,000 households begin the Junior Cert and Leaving Cert exams this week. Yes, we said it, because if one person is sitting the June exams, everyone in the family is.

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Over the Leaving Cert, Leaving Cert Applied and Junior Cert, 146,553 candidates will sit their exams

State exams for 2026 get under way at 9.30am with English paper one

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