Education
132 Students Penalized for Cheating in Leaving Cert Exams
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THE BRIEF
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The State Examinations Commission withheld the results of 132 students in 2026 due to cheating, a decrease from the 173 results withheld in 2025.
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A total of 70,105 candidates sat for the Leaving Certificate and Leaving Certificate Applied examinations this year, resulting in over 470,000 individual results.
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The commission warned that plagiarism involving Artificial Intelligence software will result in the forfeiture of all marks for the affected coursework component.