About

What is this site about?

students.theleavingcert.com is a place where students can blog about their leaving cert adventures. Each year we hand select a team of bloggers and they document the highs, the lows and everything in between from September until the following August when leaving cert results come out. We hear so much in the news and other media outlets about the leaving cert that we feel it is important to create a standing point for students to tell their stories, share their experiences and give their opinion on the leaving cert.

Site History

students.theleavingcert.com was formerly called leaving-cert.net. leaving-cert.net began in 2007 when Colin Lowry (a leaving cert student at the time), saw potential in blogging about his adventures as a leaving cert student. Together with his friend Kevin Holler, they began to discuss the idea. Kevin agreed to take part in the idea, and soon they began to put a simple website together. It ran successfully up until summer 2010 when it was acquired by theleavingcert.com and the site you’re on now was born… students.theleavingcert.com

Have you guys got a goal?

We sure do. Our goal is to give everyone an insight into the life of a leaving cert student and how they cope with the tasks and challenges that lay ahead while keeping in mind that it is the final year and so fun is to be had! We hope to offer even those hardcore study people out there a chance to sit back and laugh about the leaving cert for a moment. It can all get a bit much at times, so grab a beer glass of water and relax.