The following are links to all the up to date media coverage that we have been a part of in relation to the Leaving Cert 2020 and CAO offers.
News Coverage
RTE – ‘LC Results reduced for 96% of students at Dublin grinds school’
Irish Times – ‘Anger mounts at leading grinds school over calculated grades’
Irish Times – ‘Have private schools lost out in the calculated grades process?’
Independent – ‘Disappointment for students as CAO course points jump due to calculated grades’
Irish Examiner – ‘Private School criticises ‘endemic flaws’ in calculated grades as 96% of its students see marks cut’
The Journal – ‘Dublin Private School says its students were significantly penalised by leaving cert calculated grades process’
The Street Journal – ‘Anger mounts at leading Dublin grinds school over calculated grades’
Social Media
RTE News – ‘Almost every pupil at a Dublin grinds school has had at least one grade reduced in the Leaving Cert with 96% affected.’
https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1304094211072036864
Irish Examiner – ‘Private school criticises ‘endemic flaws’ in calculated grades as 96% of its students see marks cut’
https://twitter.com/irishexaminer/status/1304123735566295040
Irish Times – ‘Have high-achieving schools lost out under the calculated grades process?’
https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1304293984630501376
Irish Times – ‘Anger mounts at leading Dublin grind school over calculated grades’
https://twitter.com/IrishTimes/status/1304115054741090304
The Journal – ‘The Institute of Education has written to the Taoiseach and said that “fundamental bias” in the system unfairly penalised its students.’
https://twitter.com/thejournal_ie/status/1304139083829186560
Radio
Newstalk Breakfast : https://www.newstalk.com/shows/newstalk-breakfast-234855
FM 104 News : Audio Clip
Q102 News : Audio Clip