More than half of the 6,775 students who sat Higher Level Agricultural Science in this year's Leaving Cert got a H3 or better.

The Leaving Cert results, which were released today (Friday, August 21), showed most students who sat the subject skipped Ordinary Level and opted for the Higher Level paper.

More than 3,600 students were in the H1–H3 band, while roughly 2,400 were H4–H5, around 700 students were in the H6 or below band.

When it came to Ordinary Level a total of 921 students received their results today.

The vast majority of Ordinary Level candidates, about 76%, landed in the middle band (O3–O5) - but five students achieved the 01 grade.

Leaving Cert 2026 questions

The exam which lasted for two-and-a-half hour written exam included short and long questions.

Some examples of this year's shorter questions included:

Students

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton and Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion Michael Moynihan have congratulated the 70,411 students across the country who received results today.

Minister Naughton also congratulated the families, teachers and school communities behind them.

Minister Moynihan added: “This is the culmination of years of hard work and now today is your day to enjoy and reflect with pride on everything you have achieved.