Your top stories on Friday: Bumper Leaving Cert results; and which counties have the lowest numbers of GPs?

Leaving Cert results 2024: Bumper grades for students set to keep CAO points at high levels
Most of this year’s Leaving Cert students’ grades have been artificially inflated by exam authorities to bring them into line with record highs of recent years.
It follows a direction by Minister for Education Norma Foley that this year’s overall Leaving Cert exam results should be kept in line with record highs of recent years.
The Minister’s intervention has resulted in more than two-thirds (68 per cent) of students’ grades going up.
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