- On Saturday last (February 7th) the College played host to the Irish Trials for the Cambridge Union International Senior Debating Competition. Over 40 Teams from all over Ireland competed including two senior teams from CCC. The representatives from Cambridge University who flew in to adjudicate and oversee the event were hugely impressed by the facilities at the College. Well done in particular to Ms McGrath, David Hopkins, Teresa Hawkes (parent) and our students who organised the smooth running of the day.
- Five junior teams from CCC took part in the Irish Trials for the International Young Debaters Competition also to be held in Cambridge later this year and while, unlike last year, none of the teams qualified on the day, Ciara Gorman (Rang Friel) and Claire Carroll (Rang Mochta) finished 7th out of 40 teams and only missed out on a place in Cambridge by three speaker points.
- Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane and Lauren McAuley who qualified for the Semi Final of the Aoife Begley Memorial Competition at NUI Maynooth last Thursday. Peter Murphy and Jack Kiernan will compete this coming Thursday to become the second CCC Team to secure a place in this year’s semi-final. Deirdre, Peter and Jack have also qualified for the quarter finals of the Denny Leinster Senior Competition.
- Meanwhile at Junior level we wish the very best of luck to our team of Joseph Gregory and Laoise Gilleece who will compete for a place in the quarter final this Wednesday in U.C.D. when they will oppose the arming of the Gardai. On Tuesday next, also in U.C.D., both Sophie Martin and Aodhan Peelo will compete as individuals for places in the quarter final of this competition.
Mar 2009
Congratulations to Mr Hopkins and his debaters. Jack Kiernan and Peter Murphy qualified for the Leinster semi finals as a team and Deirdre McGuane who qualified as an individual.
Best wishes to Mr Hopkins who takes of on a debating tour of America this coming Friday. Following his success in the recent Irish Times Debating Final, David was invited along with other winning speakers to participate in the American tour. The two and a half week trip takes in the states of Colorado, Alaska, California, Texas and Miami.
Nov 2009
Best of luck to our two senior teams who commence their campaign in the Denny Senior Competition tonight in Trinity College & Thursday night in U.C.D.
Cambridge Trials: On Saturday 7th November the College Debating Society will host the Irish trials for the Cambridge Union Debating Final 2010. A series of mace debates will be held throughout the day, culminating in a final in the late afternoon. The winners will then go on to represent their school in Cambridge next year. This is the second consecutive year that our college has been invited to host this event. We wish our own student competitors the very best on the day.
Cambridge Union Debating Irish Trials: The college hosted these last Saturday and the visiting representatives from Cambridge were hugely impressed by the facilities available to them and appreciative of the welcome accorded them by our students and teachers.
Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Daire Boyle ( Rang Friel ) who qualified for the final on Saturday evening when they opposed the enacting of future E.U. Treaties without Referenda. Blackrock College won the final and they will compete in Cambridge in the New Year. As individuals the four C.C.C. speakers had an impressive run on Saturday :
Aodhan Peelo: 2nd.
Deirdre McGuane ( LC1): 5th.
Daire Boyle: 8th.
Lauren McAuley ( LC2): 12th.
Many thanks to Ms McGrath for her assistance in organising the event throughout the day and also to former colleague, David Hopkins.
Congratulations to Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy ( T.Y. students ) on their victory in U.C.D. last Thursday in their opening round of the Denny Senior Competition when they opposed the televising of court cases. Both our senior teams have now progressed to the next stage of the competition.
Hard luck to Mr Breathnach and our junior speakers “As Gaeilge” on their defeat last week in what was a very high standard opening “diaspoireacht”.
Debating News: Best of luck to our four speakers representing the college in the Trinity Mace Competition this weekend.
Dec '09
Congratulations to Daire Boyle & Aodhan Peelo ( Rang Friel ) who broke to the finals of the Trinity Mace Senior Competition last Saturday, a great achievement for two junior speakers! Best wishes to our teams in the Leinster Junior Competition this Thursday in Loreto, Stephen’s Green, the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth on Friday & the Belvedere Mace on Saturday December 5th.
Congratulations to Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who were runners-up in the Belvedere Mace Competition on Saturday last. The competition attracted almost 40 teams from schools throughout Leinster. Best of luck to our two junior teams of Daire Boyle & Laoise Gilleece and Sean McGuane & Chloe Tait who compete this Thursday in the Leinster Competition. The College is hosting this round and we ask teachers to encourage younger students in particular to come along and support teams. Starting time is 6.30pm. Also best wishes to our four speakers participating in the Aoife Begley competition in Maynooth this Friday.
Congratulations to Sean McGuane ( First Year ) who has qualified for the next round of the Junior Schools Debating Competition following his victory in the opening round last Thursday. Also to Senior Debaters, Lauren McAuley & Deirdre McGuane on their victory in the Aoife Begley Competition at N.U.I. Maynooth last Friday.
Jan 2010
Debating News: Best of luck to students competing in the St. Conleth’s Junior Mace this Saturday 16th January.
Congratulations to Colm O’Riada & David Bennett (Rang Friel) who came out on top of twenty eight teams to become the Winners of the St. Conleth’s College Mace Competition last Saturday.
In all nine students from CCC participated & a second team of Aodhan Peelo and Sean McGuane also qualified for the final.
Joseph Gregory (Rang Kavanagh) was presented with the Most Entertaining Speaker Award.
Best of luck to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman in their Leinster Quarter – Final this Thursday in UCD when they propose Legalising the Use of Force Against Home Invaders!
Feb 2010
Congratulations to the following students who successfully represented the College during the past week.
Ellen Murphy & Ellen Corby (TY) who qualified as a team for the Quarter- Finals of the Leinster Senior Competition in Trinity College on Monday.
Deirdre McGuane(LC1) & Aodhan Peelo(Third Year) who also qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the Senior Competition as Individual Speakers in UCD on Thursday night.
Joseph Gregory (Third Year) who qualified for the Semi-Finals of the Leinster Competition as an Individual Speaker also in UCD on Thursday night.
Well done to all who participated in & supported the Comedy Debate last Friday and raised funds for Haiti.
Best of luck to Deirdre McGuane & Lauren McAuley taking part in the Second Round of the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth this Wednesday where they will oppose Giving the Police the Right to Strike.
Irish Times Debating Final: Congratulations to past-pupil Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin (Leaving Cert 2007) who along with her teammate Niall Sherry from the Trinity Historical Society won this prestigious competition at the Helix DCU last Friday. Following their victory the winning team, along with the individual award winner will undertake a debating tour of America as Irish Champions & we wish Niamh and her colleagues the very best on this trip.
Niamh’s victory is unique in the fifty year history of the competition as she is the only sibling of a former champion ever to win the competition. Her father & our colleague, Eoin was part of the winning team for UCG in 1983. We extend our congratulations also to Eoin on this very proud occasion for him and his family.
Other Debating News:
Well done to Deirdre McGuane & Lauren McAuley on qualifying for the Semi-Final of the Aoife Begley Competition.
Best wishes to Joseph Gregory, Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman who compete in the Semi-Final of the Leinster Schools Competition this Thursday in UCD.
March 2010
Congratulations to Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who have qualified for the Grand Final of the Leinster Junior Debating Competition & commiserations to Joseph Gregory who narrowly missed out on a place in the Final despite a terrific performance in last week’s semi-final in UCD. The final takes place in the Astra Hall UCD on Tuesday 9th March commencing at 6p.m. Support welcome. Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Colm O’Riada who qualified at the weekend for the finals of the International Competition for Young Debaters to be held at Oxford in May.
Best wishes to our Senior Debaters in their Quarter-Final heats in Trinity & UCD this week. Ellen Corby and Ellen Murphy will discuss the merits of refusing health care to patients whose illnesses result from their chosen life-style in TCD this evening while on Thursday in UCD, Deirdre McGuane and Aodhan Peelo will argue in favour of legitimizing police entrapment!
Best wishes to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman who compete in the Grand Final of the Leinster Schools Junior Debating Competition this Tuesday evening in the Astra Hall UCD. They will compete against ten other finalists in the competition which originally attracted a total of 128 speakers.
Congratulations to our two Senior Teams (Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy in TY & Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo) who qualified last week for the Semi-Finals of the Denny Leinster Senior Schools Competition.
Leinster Champions: Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman (Rang Friel) who were crowned Leinster Junior Debating Champions last week at a packed Astra Hall in UCD. The CCC team beat off strong opposition from Alexandra College, St. Conleth’s and Belvedere College to take the title. Twelve speakers participated in the Grand Final debating the merits or otherwise of the “Death Penalty”. The guest chair on the occasion was the Assistant Governor of Mountjoy Prison, John Ward. The team’s success was featured on News2Day on Network 2 the following day. This is the third occasion that CCC has won the title in the six year history of the competition. Well done to all involved.
Best of luck to our two Senior Debating Teams in the Denny Leinster Semi-Finals on Monday night in Trinity College & next Thursday in UCD. The four speakers are Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy and Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo.
Debating News: Following the College’s success in the Leinster Junior Final earlier in the month, we had two teams debating in the Senior Semi-Finals last week.
On Monday in Trinity College, Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo had a great win, seeing off the challenge from ten other speakers to qualify for the final.
Despite a spirited performance in another Semi-final in UCD on Thursday last, Ellen Corby & Ellen Murphy bowed out of the competition at this stage. We congratulate them on progressing so far.
The Final will take place this Thursday, March 25th in the Edmund Burke Theatre in Trinity College at 7p.m. with Bryan Dobson as Guest Chairperson. The motion for the final is “That This House Would Impose 100% Inheritance Tax”.
Deirdre & Aodhan will open the case for the Proposition, competing against speakers from Belvedere College, Loreto Stephen’s Green, Wesley College, Blackrock College, Mount Sackville & St. Conleths. We wish them every success. Support welcome.
April 2010
Following their participation in the Leinster Senior Final recently, Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo have been invited to participate in the “Repecharge” in UCC next weekend. The winning team from this debate will compete in a national final at the end of April. We wish them well.
Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo on their victory in Cork on Saturday in the Senior Competition. They have now qualified for the Denny National Senior Schools Debating Final and will compete against teams and individuals from the other provinces next Saturday in UCD at 3p.m. Support welcome!
May 2010
National Champions
Congratulations to Deirdre McGuane & Aodhan Peelo who were crowned National Senior Debating Champions on Saturday at the National Grand Final in UCD. They successfully proposed the motion that people should be allowed to do whatever they wished provided they do not cause direct harm to another person against teams from Rockwell College, Belvedere College, Colaiste Iognaid (Galway) as well as individual speakers from four other schools. The adjudicators’ decision in favour of CCC was unanimous. Following their victory Deirdre & Aodhan have been invited to represent Ireland at the Four Nation Mace Competition. Saturday’s victory was unique for a number of reasons. Aodhan is the only Junior student ever to win the Senior Competition. He is the only speaker ever to win the Junior & Senior Competition in the same year ( Aodhan and Ciara Gorman won the Junior Championship in early March) CCC has won both Junior & Senior titles this year.
Following on from their competitive success throughout the year, four students from the College will travel to Scotland & England next weekend.
Deirdre McGuane (LC1) & Ellen Murphy (TY) will compete against national winners from Scotland, England & Wales in an International Mace at Glasgow University.
Aodhan Peelo & Daire Boyle (Third Year) will compete in the International Competition for Young Debaters at Oxford University
Oct 2010
Well done to our eight Junior Debaters who represented the College at the Belvedere Mace last Saturday. For several speakers it was their first experience of competition. The competition attracted entries from over eighty teams. The Final was chaired by Eamon Gilmore & had amongst its adjudicators, Brian Lenihan and David Norris. Wesley College emerged the eventual winners.
Nov 2010
Congratulations to Peter Murphy (LC2) & David Bennett (TY) on their success in the opening round of the Denny Senior Competition
Best wishes to 1st Year students, Cliodhna Durand & Daniel Ferreira who compete in the Junior Competition in Belvedere College this Thursday at 6pm
Next Saturday, November 6th , the College Debating Society once again hosts the Irish Trials for the Cambridge International Competition. The day- long event will see teams from many schools visit the school & participate in a series of mace debates. The competition commences at 9am & should conclude around 6pm. Best wishes to the CCC speakers taking part.
Congratulations to Cliodhna Durand (Rang Seachnaill) & Daniel Ferreira (Oisin) on their victory last Thursday in Belvedere College in the Junior Schools Debating Competition. Best wishes to Sean McGuane, Aisling Tully, Molly Murphy-O’Kane & Jessica Agnoli who compete this Thursday in the same competition here in the College.
Well done to the College Debating Society which once again successfully hosted the Dublin Round of the Cambridge Trials Debating on Saturday last. A total of 50 speakers from schools as far away as Mayo participated in this day-long event which culminated in a Grand Final on Saturday evening. Loreto Foxrock were the overall winners. Special word of thanks to Ms McGrath for her input on the day.
CCongratulations to Molly Murphy O’Kane (1st Year), Sean McGuane & Aisling Tully (2nd Year), all of whom were victorious in their opening rounds of the Junior Schools Debating Competition here in CCC last Thursday. Best wishes to our 4th and final team in the competition, Karl Rochfort & Donagh Corby who have their opening round this Thursday in St Killians when they will argue in favour of Nuclear Power.
Congratulations to Karl Rochfort (Rang Tailteann) & Donagh Corby (Rang Seachnaill) on their excellent win last Thursday in the Junior Schools Debating Competition. They successfully proposed the use of Nuclear power in Ireland in a hotly contested debate at St. Killian’s Deutsch Schule. Best wishes to our two Senior teams who will debate the Legalisation of Euthanasia this Thursday in UCD.
Well done to Daire Boyle, Aodhan Peelo & Ciara
Gorman on their victories last week at UCD in the Denny Senior Debating
Competition. Congratulations to David Bennett and Aodhan Peelo who broke to the
Final of the Trinity Mace on Saturday. Best wishes to all speakers involved in
Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth this week
Dec 2010
Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo (TY) on his selection as a member of the Irish World Schools Team for the World Schools Debating Finals to be held in Dundee in August 2011
Phoenix FM (92.5): Senior Debaters, Aodhan Peelo & Deirdre McGuane are the subject of an interview on the station’s Arts programme this evening at 8pm.
Jan 2011
Good luck to our two Senior Debating Teams this evening in the Denny Second Round in Trinity College. Peter Murphy & David Bennett will propose a Ban on Animal Testing while Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo will propose the Re-introduction of Third Level Fees.
The College Debating Society will host its Junior Mace Competition this Saturday 29th January from 9am to 7.30pm
CCC Junior Mace: On Saturday last the College Debating Society hosted a very successful Mace competition which attracted 25 teams from several schools. The event commenced at 9am & concluded with a Grand Final at 7pm. While they did not “break” for the final, our Junior speakers performed well throughout the day and notched up some very valuable experience. After what was a very high standard final-That This House would Ban Zoos- Belvedere College were the eventual winners with St. Mary’s taking the runner-up place. Well done to TY students Daire Boyle & Ciara Gorman who convened the competition and organised the event. Many thanks to Ms McGrath and Mr Troy for their invaluable assistance in making the day such a success.
FEB 2011
Well done to Daire Boyle on his success last Thursday in UCD when he qualified for the Quarter-Final of the Denny Senior Schools Competition. Also well done to Sean McGuane, Aisling Tully, Conrad Brangan & Rebecca Armstrong on their performances in the ICYD Trials in UCD over the week-end. Best of luck to our Junior Speakers next Friday in the Junior Schools Quarters in UCD. Speakers are Molly Murphy-O’Kane, Daniel Ferreira, Cliodhna Durand, Aisling Tully & Sean McGuane.
General Election: The College Debating Society has invited the nine local candidates in Dublin West to participate in a Q& A session here in the College Canteen next Friday 18th February. So far five candidates have indicated that they will attend. Provisional details are as follows-
- The session will run from 11am to 12.10pm
- Each candidate will make a short presentation
- The presentations will be followed by a 30 minute Q&A session chaired by a senior student
- All Transition Year students, members of the Student Council, Senior Prefects & Mentors as well as members of the Debating Society will attend
Congratulations to Aisling Tully & Sean McGuane (2nd Year) who qualified for the Semi-Final of the Junior Schools Competition with an excellent win in UCD on Friday last. Well done also to Molly Murphy-O’Kane & Cliodhna Durand (1st Year) who qualified for the Semis as individual speakers in the same competition. On Thursday next, our other Junior team of Daniel Rochfort & Donagh Corby will hope to join them in the Semi-Finals when they compete in the last Quarter –Final of the competition in UCD. Meanwhile tonight (Monday) in Trinity College our two Senior Teams (Peter Murphy & David Bennett + Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo) will battle it out for places in the Semi-Finals of the Denny Senior Competition while on Thursday, Daire Boyle will compete as an individual in another Quarter-Final. Finally, Josephy Gregory & Darah Carroll-Noonan will compete in the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth on Wednesday, 16th February.
March 2011
Congratulations to our two Senior Debating Teams (David Bennett/Peter Murphy & Ciara Gorman/Aodhan Peelo) who recently qualified for the Semi-Finals of the Denny Leinster Senior Competition.
Best wishes to our two Senior Debating Teams who compete tonight at Trinity College in the Denny Semi-Finals & hopefully earn a place in the Grand Final at the end of the month. Peter Murphy & David Bennett will argue against Self Defence no longer being a Legitimate Reason for Taking a Life while Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman will speak in favour of Wikileaks being Branded a Terrorist Organisation.
On Wednesday night in UCD our four Junior Speakers (Molly Murphy O’Kane, Sean McGuane, Cliodhna Durand & Aisling Tully) compete in the Junior Schools Quarter Finals dealing with the issue of Prisoners having the Right to Vote, while also on Wednesday night in NUI Maynooth, Ellen Murphy & Declan King will oppose Military Intervention in Libya in the Aoife Begley Competition. We wish them all the very best.
Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman on their victory last week in the Denny Senior Schools Leinster Semi-Final and who now go on to compete in the Grand Final in UCD on Monday March 28th against speakers from St. Conleths Ballsbridge, CBC Monkstown, Loreto Balbriggan, Wesley College, St. Mary’s Rathmines & Gonzaga College. Commiserations to David Bennett & Peter Murphy who were defeated on a 3-2 split decision in the other Semi-Final at Trinity last week. Also very well done to our Junior Speakers on their success last week. Sean McGuane & Aisling Tully qualified as a team for the Junior Schools Semi-Final while Molly Murphy O’Kane qualified as an individual for the Semi-Finals
Leinster Schools Senior Debating Grand Final: Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo will represent the College in the Final on Monday 28th March in the Astra Hall U.C.D. at 7pm. They will speak in favour of Violence being a Legitimate Form of Civil Disobedience and will compete against teams from CBC Monkstown, St. Conleths Ballsbridge & Loreto Balbriggan as well as individuals from Gonzaga, Wesley and St. Mary’s Colleges. This will be 4th time since 2006 (when we won the event) that CCC has been in the Grand Final as well as being in the National Finals in 2006 (Runners-up) and 2010 (Winners). A bus bringing supporters will leave the school at 5.15pm for UCD, returning at 10pm. Any teacher who wishes to accompany supporters, please let Ms McGrath know.
Best wishes also to Junior Speakers who take part in the Semi-Finals of the Junior Competition in UCD on Tuesday 29th March. Representing the College are Aisling Tully, Sean McGuane & Molly Murphy O’Kane.
Leinster Senior Schools Debating Grand Final: Best wishes to TY students, Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who represent the College and compete against ten other speakers in UCD at 7pm this evening. Good luck also to our Junior speakers in the Junior Semi-Finals also in UCD tomorrow evening Tuesday 29th March
April 2011
Congratulations to Sean McGuane & Aisling Tully who have qualified for the Final of the Junior Schools Debating Competition which takes place in UCD next week (date to be confirmed) Sean & Aisling will be hoping to retain the Junior Cup that we won last year!
While our Senior Team of Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo did not bring home the Leinster Trophy in the Final last Monday, they put in a fine performance as representatives of CCC. Yesterday (Sunday) they travelled to University College Cork to take part in the “Runners-Up Repechage” and took second place.
Best wishes to Ellen Murphy who speaks as an individual in the Aoife Begley Semi-Final this Wednesday in NUI Maynooth. She will speak on the issue of Nuclear Power.
Best wishes to our Junior Debating Team (Sean McGuane & Aisling Tully) speaking in the Grand Final this Thursday 14th April at 6.30pm in UCD and also TY student Declan King speaking in the Aoife Begley Semi-Final in Maynooth on Wednesday evening
May 2011
Junior Champions 2011: Congratulations to second year students Aisling Tully & Sean McGuane who were crowned Junior Debating Champions at a hotly contested final in UCD on April 14th . This is the fourth time that CCC has won the competition since its inception in 2005 and the first time that any school has had two consecutive wins. Best wishes to Ellen Murphy & Declan King who represent the College in the final of the Aoife Begley Senior Debating Competition this Thursday 5th May at 6.30pm in NUI Maynooth.
Debating Success. Congratulations to Ellen Murphy (LC1) who won the Aoife Begley Individual Championship last Thursday in NUI Maynooth. Ellen’s victory concludes an extremely successful year for CCC, with our Junior Team (Sean McGuane & Aisling Tully) winning the Junior Championship in April and our Senior Team (Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman) reaching the Denny Senior Final, as well as Aodhan being selected for the Worlds Team. Well done to all students involved.
Oct 2011
Best wishes to our 8 Junior students representing the College at the Belvedere Mace next Saturday 1st October and also our Senior students taking part in the Leinster Trials for the National Team to take part in the World Schools Finals in South Africa next January. LC1 student, Aodhan Peelo was a member of the Irish Worlds Team that competed in this year’s finals in Aberdeen last August when they reached the Semi-Finals of the competition.
Debating: Congrats to our three Senior speakers, David Bennett, Daire Boyle & Declan King on their team & individual victories in Trinity College last Monday. Best wishes to our eight Junior speakers in UCD this Wednesday.
Nov 2011
Congratulations to Third Year students Aisling Tully & Rebecca Armstrong on reaching the final of the Belvedere Mace last Saturday (from a field of 73 teams). They lost the final on a split decision but Rebecca was awarded the Best Final Speaker trophy. Well done also to the six other junior speakers who represented CCC at the event. Congrats also to LC1 students Ciara Gorman & Aodhan Peelo who successfully came through the first stage of the trials to select the Irish Team for the World Schools Finals to be held in South Africa next January.
Best wishes to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman in their opening round of the Leinster Senior Schools Competition at UCD next Thursday when they will propose the Criminalisation of Holocaust Denial. Congratulations to Aodhan who has once again been selected for the Irish National Team who will compete in the World Schools Debating Finals in South Africa in January 2012.
Congratulations to Aodhan Peelo & Ciara Gorman on their victory in the Senior Competition-opening round- at UCD last Thursday. Best wishes to Joseph Gregory, David Bennett, Declan King & Daire Boyle in Trinity College tonight.
Well done to Ellen Murphy, Ellen Corby & the Debating Society for hosting an excellent Junior Schools Mace Debating Competition last Saturday. There was a great turn-out including forty one teams and their supporters. The final which was chaired by local TD Patrick Nulty included teams from Wesley College, St. Mary’s Rathmines, St. Conleth’s and CCC (Aisling Tully & Rebecca Armstrong). St. Conleth’s emerged as champions after a very lively debate on the merits of the Junior Certificate. Ellen Murphy made a special presentation on behalf of the College to Patrick Nulty to mark the occasion of his election to Dail.
Congratulations to Alison Fitzpatrick (lC1) & Fiona Kelly Rees (LC2) on their first round victory in the Aoife Begley Competition in Maynooth last week.
Congratulations also to Third Year students, Conrad Brangan & Sean McGuane who broke to the Final of the St. Mary’s Mace on Saturday. Only four teams from a total of forty competed in the final. Sean won Best Final Speaker award.
Well done to Cathal Hurley & Aodhan Peelo on their success in the opening round of the Aoife Begley at NUI Maynooth last Monday.
Dec 2011
This Saturday the College Society hosts the Cambridge Trials while next Monday two more senior teams compete in Aoife Begley at Maynooth.
Mental Health Public Speaking Project: Congratulations to Joseph Gregory, Heather Fitzpatrick & Hayley Carr on their victory last week in the opening round of this national competition. Well done to team mentor, Ms McGrath.
Best of luck to our senior speakers representing the College in Maynooth this evening & well done to those involved in Dublin Heat of Cambridge Trials here at the College last Saturday.
