Students wished best of luck as they begin State exams
Over 1,800 students across the Roscommon, Leitrim, and Longford region are sitting their state exams.
Leaving Cert and Junior Cycle students are being wished the best of luck this morning as they begin State exams.
Over 1,800 students across the Roscommon, Leitrim, and Longford region are sitting their state exams, with a reported 608 candidates registered in County Roscommon alone for the Leaving Certificate.
Nationally, a record-breaking 146,553 candidates are sitting their Junior Cycle and Leaving Cert examinations this year.
The number of exam candidates has reached a new record level, surpassing 146,000 for the first time.
Overall, the number entered has increased by 4 per cent, or 6,096, compared with 2025, when 140,457 candidates entered for the examinations.
The State Examinations Commission (SEC) said State exams are a "massive logistical exercise", with 3.5 million exam papers distributed to exam superintendents responsible for supervising the written tests.
The exams will take place across 5,860 main and over 11,600 special examination centres throughout the network of over 800 post-primary schools, and other venues recognised by the SEC.
The exams will run until Tuesday, June 23rd, for Leaving Cert students (established and vocational); Thursday, June 11th, for Leaving Cert Applied students; and Monday, June 15th, for Junior Cycle students.
