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St. Peter's College
Secondary School
Summerhill
Wexford
Ireland
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Principal:
Robert O'Callaghan
Deputy Principal:
Mr J Banville
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DEBATING & PUBLIC SPEAKING ARCHIVES
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Feb 2012: Public Speaking and Debating Update
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We have competed in a variety of events so far this year. Ronan Finn and Oisin Coffey (both LC1) took part in the inaugural “mock debate” in NUI, Maynooth. Both students were on the winning side and they got to meet An Ceann Comhairle, so it was a great day for all. LC2 students David Atkinson, Eoghan Fitzgerald and Stephen Coleman got to the County Final of the Mental Health Public Project which aims to promote positive mental health for all.
Our Junior cycle students have been busy also. Fintan O’Connor (3G) and Niall O’Donnagain travelled to Belvedere to compete in Mace Debates in September. 2nd Years Gareth Jones and Ryan O’Donnell also competed in Mace Debates in Dublin – St. Mary’s in Rathmines.
Finally, students from 1st to 3rd Year debate weekly (on topics ranging from Nuclear Energy to Santa Claus!) in St. Peter’s College Junior Debating Club. |
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Junior Lunchtime Debating Club
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Reminder to all Junior Debaters that debate is on at 1.10p.m. on Monday 16th Jan. Please assemble in the social area. |
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Mental Health Public Speaking Project
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Well done to Stephen Coleman, David Atkinson and Eoghan Fitzgerald who participated in the Mental Health Public Speaking Project on Thursday 24th November 2011.
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DebatingClub
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Could any students involved in the Debating Club (i.e. 1st, 2nd, 3rd years) please meet in Mr. O’Connell’s Hall after class tutors on Thursday 17th Nov.
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Model Parliament Debate
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A new event caught our eye this year. Two LC1 students are competing in the first Model Parliament Debate for students. It takes place in NUI Maynooth and is essentially a mock Dail debate. |
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Denny UCD Debates
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This year we have three teams entered into the Denny UCD Debates for Seniors. They will commence in mid-October. The Mental Health Public Speaking Project will also begin soon. We have one team of three entered in a worthy project that raises awareness of the need for postive mental health in Ireland.
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DEBATING UPDATE Sept/Oct 2011
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Debating is off to a flying start this year. Weekly debates are running on Friday lunchtimes for Juniors in Mr. Rossiter's room - all are welcome to attend! Our Junior debaters (Conall Callery, Ryan O'Donnell. Fintan O'Connor and Niall O'Donnagain) got off to a positive start in competetive debating in Belvedere College Dublin recently.
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JUNIOR DEBATING CLUB
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The Debating Club meets every Friday @ 1p.m. in the Demo room. If you were not previously involved you are still very welcome to join.  |
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Reminder to Junior Debaters
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The Debating Club is “kicking off” on Friday 16th @ 1p.m. in the Demo room. |
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1st Year Debating
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A 1st year debate with the motion - “That this house would ban plastic surgery”, will take place The Tower Resource Library – Friday 13th May at 1.00 p.m. Please support. |
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Debating Semi-final in UCD
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Well done to Fintan O’Connor (2G) who participated in the Plate Competition Debating Semi-final in U.C.D on Tuesday 29th March 2011. |
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UCD Junior debates
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Well done to Niall O’Donnagain and Fintan O’Connor who performed well at the UCD Junior debates in Dublin on Monday 14th March, 2011 Congratulations to Fintan who progressed to the next round. |
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Denny Debates in UCD
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Well done to David Atkinson who is through to the next round of the Denny Debates in UCD |
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Mental Health Public Speaking Project
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Well done to Eoghan Fitzgerald, Stephen Coleman and Fergal Hynes who took park in the Mental Health Public Speaking Project in the Presentation School, Wexford on Thursday 25/11/10. |
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JUNIOR DEBATING
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Reminder that debate will take place in Demo room 2 at 1:10pm on Friday 12th Nov. Also well done to Kevin Kelly 3S, Niall O’Donnagain, Finbar O’Connor and Shane Wilde who took part in the Junior Schools Debating competition in Castleknock yesterday. |
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Denny Debates
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David Atkinson is through to the next round of the Denny Debates in UCD. Stephen Coleman and Eoghan Fitzgerald competed in the Mount Sackville Mace debates on Friday and Saturday 15th and 16th of October. |
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Mental Health Public Speaking Project
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David Atkinson, Eoghan Fitzgerald and Fergal Hynes are preparing for the Mental Health Public Speaking Project which will take place in November 2010. Log onto this page for regular updates on their progress in the competition. Good luck to David, Eoghan and Fergal !
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Denny Senior Debates
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Eoghan Fitzgerald, Stephen Coleman, David Atkinson and Fergal Hynes are entered in the Denny Senior Debates which will begin in October 2010 in UCD or Trinity. When the debates begins you can find updates right here. Good luck to the guys for October. |
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Mace Debates 2010
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Junior Debating kicks off 2nd October in Belvedere College Dublin with Fintan O Connor and Niall O' Donnagain (2nd years) participating in the Mace Junior Debates. Fintan and Niall debated topics such as social networking, football hooliganism, corporal punishment and Irish as a non-compulsory subject.
The Mace Senior Debating will begin in October soon also. |
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WRITE AWAY
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The latest issue of "Write Away" will be published shortly. Anyone interested or with articles should talk to Ms. Kelly or any of the English teachers. Any poems, short stories, essays, cartoons, scripts etc. would be much appreciated. |
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DENNY DEBATES
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was unlucky not to progress to Round 3 of the Denny Debates in UCD. However, he may go through as a wildcard.
Junior Debates are continuing at lunch - one a week in demo room 2.
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SPECTRUM MAG 2010
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Any student interested in submitting an article for this year’s Spectrum please contact Ms. Murtagh A.S.A.P. |
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DEBATING UPDATE JAN 2010
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So far this year St. Peter’s have been quite successful in Debating and Public Speaking. In September LC2 students ,David O’Reilly and Donal Breen, reached the semi-final of the Mace Debates in Dublin. In November and December both TY and LC2 students participated in the Denny Debates in UCD. David O’Reilly, James Atkinson and Eoin Fitzgearld are through to the next round which will be held early in the new year. Our Public Speakers were unlucky to not to reach the second round in the Mental Health Public Speaking Project. Junior Debating has also been a success this year will regular lunch-time debates. And finally, four TY and LC1 students hope to succeed in the Griffith College Dublin Debates in February.
T. O’Connell
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Mark Walden at The Wexford County Public Library
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On, Thursday the 5th of November the students of 1 German attended a talk by the author, Mark Walden at The Wexford County Public Library. The students left school at 1:25 sharp and arrived at 1:45 sharp.
Mark studied at Newcastle University, where he received a BA in English literature and an MA in the twentieth century literature, film and television. It was here that he met his wife, Sarah. Mark’s first book H.I.V.E won the confident readers 9+ category in the Richard and Judy’s children book club in 2007.
After spending ten years in the video game industry, Mark left his post out of a desire to begin his career as a writer. The unlikely inspiration behind the top-secret school of villainy was, in fact, a Persian blue cat named Otto. On noticing Otto’s uncanny resemblance to the cat that Blofeld owned in the James Bond films, Mark began to wonder exactly how the world’s evil genius’s honed their skills and where the nefarious villains of tomorrow were trained..... And so H.I.V.E was born.
Mark began his talk by trying to persuade the students that villains weren’t the evil characters they were made out to be. This was the sole reason Mark wrote H.I.V.E. Mark followed this up by reading a short extract from the third novel in the series, Escape Velocity, describing a vicious car chase. Mark has now written and published four books about H.I.V.E, with a fifth due in May.
The books are based around the life of 13 year old Otto Mulpense. Otto has been chosen as a member of H.I.V.E. Otto quickly befriends Wing, Laura and Shelby. Students are selected (kidnapped) for H.I.V.E because of their evident villainous talents. Students attend H.I.V.E for six years to become the future of villainy.
WE were totally captivated by Mark’s talk. We asked many questions and showed great interest in the novels. We would like to personally like to thank Mark Walden, the staff of Wexford County Public Library and lastly Mr. Cassidy for such a great experience.
By Fintan O’ Connor, Cian Kelly, Luke McDonald, Brendan Morris & Matthew Murphy. Class of 1 German.
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WRITERS CLUB TALK BY GUEST SPEAKER Mr. Philip Quirke
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It was with great pleasure that the Writers club welcomed Mr. Philip Quirke to St. Peter's College. The talk was arranged by Mr. Eddie Cassidy and took place on October 13th, 2009.
TOPICS COVERED;
A Crash Course in Poetry
1. What is poetry?
2. What is ‘going on’?
3. How is ‘it’ ‘going on’?
Ted Kooser: A Rainy Morning
1. Rhythm Image
P. Quirke: Swimming Pool
Biography: Too much ‘I’ is off putting
Margaret Quirke: The Legacy (from the collection "The Wardrobe Mistress")
Tone: Sending up/satirical
Subject Matter of poetry?
Everything, limitless
A poem: something well made:
Write, re-write, re-write
Sometimes the only publisher is.......in the waste bin!
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The Mental Health Public Speaking
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The Mental Health Public Speaking Project and Denny Debates will be starting soon. - Watch this space for updates |
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DEBATING SCHEDULE FOR 2009/2010
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Junior Debating is underway with in-house debates for 1st Years beginning Monday 12th October.
2nd and 3rd Years will start up soon - Watch this space for updates
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Senior Mace Debates
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Debating has kick-started this year with Senior Mace Debates in Mount Sackville Co. Dublin. Congratulations to David O’Reilly and Donal Breen who reached the semi-finals.  |
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The Writer’s Club
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The Writer’s Club is a group dedicated to helping first years and second years to improve their skills as writers, run by seniors, namely David Atkinson (TY1), Stephen Coleman and Ian Mitchell (TY2), and David Mahon and Shane O’Reilly (LC2).
Objectives:
1. To encourage writing amongst the students, particularly 1st and 2nd years
2. To improve writing skills
3. To encourage going beyond one’s normal comfort zones, for instance into different styles and genres of writing of both prose and poetry
4. To try and expand into new areas, e.g. drawing of cartoons
5. Finally we hope to bring together the year’s works and publish a magazine akin to last year’s “Write Away”, using the best works of students of all ages who wish to contribute.
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It Takes Skill
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Vespum and Besad glared at each other from either side of the battlefield, both dressed and armed differently, both ready for battle.
Vespum was a warrior, dressed in a casual tunic (he wouldn’t need a full suit of armour) and he held a one-handed sword: a gladius named “Plagatus” in his right hand.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING UPDATE
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St. Peter’s College debating club serves both Junior and Senior cycle students. Students will take part in a variety of events from Concern Debates to Mental Health Public Speaking competitions.
Debating and public speaking allows students to develop their oratory and rhetorical skills. Senior debating is overseen by Mr. Tom O’Connell and Donal Breen (LC2) and James Cooney (LC2) are co-ordinators of the Junior Debating Club.
Keep and eye on the Tutor Notices for any important information on debating and public speaking! As the events take place updates will be posted on the website!
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L&H AIB JUNIOR DEBATES
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On Tuesday 10th March 8 teams out of an original starting line of 160 teams, competed in UCD for a place in the final. Despite a great performance, out team of Eoin Fitzgerald and David Atkinson did not qualify - hard luck guys and well done for getting to the semi-final.  |
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Denny Senior Debating Semi-Final Result
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Our team of Donal Breen and Brendan Fitzgerald competed in the semi-finals in Trinity College Dublin on Monday night, 9th March and qualified for the Final on Tuesday 24th March. Donal and Brendan competed against St. Conleiths (Dublin), St. Gerards (Bray) and Blackrock College (Dublin) to get through to the final. The motion of the debate was "This House Would Assassinate Robert Mugabe". Well done to the boys and all the best for the Final from all at St. Peter's College. |
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AIB L&H JUNIOR DEBATES ROUND 2
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TEAMS:(1) David Atkinson & Eoghan Fitzgerald
(2) Philip Woodbyrne & Ronan Finn
VENUE: U.C.D.
DATE: Tuesday 27th Jan, 2009
The teams participated in the debates in UCD on Tuesday night. The team of David Atkinson & Eoghan Fitzgerald qualified for the next round and Ronan qulaified as an individual speaker. Well done! |
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DENNY DEBATES UCD
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Well done to Donal Breen and Brendan Fitzgerald on getting through to the 3rd round of the Denny's Debates in UCD on Thursday 22nd Jan, 09. |
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Creative Writing Club
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The Creative Writing Club is yet another club set up for the Junior Cycle students in September 2008. The club is open to 1st and 2nd Year students. The club uses fun games and tasks to help the creative juices flow with the ultimate aim of trying to develop the next Colm Tobin or another John Banville. Anyone interested is welcome to come along and try it out every Thursday in the school Library at 1.00p.m..
The Co-ordinators of the club are: Nicholas Sheridan, James Atkinson and Philip Devoy
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DEBATING CLUB
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The Junior Debating Club in St. Peter’s College was setup in September 2008 to encourage pupils in 1st / 2nd Year and 3rd Year to debate issue of interest to them.
The main aim of the club is for students to enjoy themselves in a relaxed environment while also widening their circle of friends. The organisers also hope to develop people’s oratory skills and help build self confidence so we can continue the excellent line of debaters representing St. Peter’s College at national and international level. Anyone is welcome to attend every Wednesday in Mr. Moynihan’s Hall @ 1.00p.m. |
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EOIN QUALIFIES FOR THE FINALS OF THE L&H A.I.B. JUNIOR DEBATES
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Well done to Eoin Fitzgerald, who qualified for the final of the L&H A.I.B. Junior Debates - a fantastic achievement! We all wish Eoin the very best of luck in the final |
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Leinster Semi-Final of Denny Debating Competition
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Well done to Donal Breen and Brendan Fitzgerald who qualified for the Leinster Semi-Final of the Denny Debating Competition. |
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January 2008 update
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Mental Health Public Speaking
Ciaran Murphy L2, Eoin O’Keeffe, TY and Donall Breen TY reached the county final of the Mental Health Public Speaking where they performed admirably but were defeated by a good Enniscorthy CBS side.
Concern Debates
In the Concern Debates, Donall Breen, James Cooney, Eoin O’Keeeffe and Nicholas Sheridan, all TY, took part but did not get through the qualifiers.
AIB L&H Junior Debates
Three teams entered the AIB L&H Junior Debates. Rory Nolan and David O’Reilly, both 3rd years, qualified for Round 2 as Individual Speakers. Eoghan Fitzgerald and David Atkinson, both 2nd years, progressed as a team to R2. Ronan Finn 1st year and Graham Taylor 2nd year have qualified for the Plate competition.
Denny Senior Debate
Three teams took part in the Denny Senior Debate: Nicholas Sheridan TY and Philip Devoy L1, Max Moore and Sam Mealy both LC2, Brendan Fitzgerald L1 and Donall Breen TY. Sam, Brendan and Donall all qualified as Individual Speakers for R2. Brendan and Donal have now qualified for the Leinster quarter finals.
National Forum on Europe
Donall Breen, Eoin O’Keeffe and Jamie Rath, all TY, put in a good performance in the first round of the National Forum on Europe Public Speaking Competition but did not advance.
ICYD Junior Mace
On Sat. 19th Jan ’08, 2 teams entered the ICYD Junior Mace debates qualifier in UCD. Ronan Finn and Eoin Taylor put in a good performance. However, the other team of Eoin Fitzgerald and David Atkinson finished 3rd and qualify fot the finals in Oxford later in the year.
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November 2007 - Denny Debates (Senior) in U.C.D.
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St. Peter's were represented in round 1 by three teams: Sam Mealy,Max Moore, Philip Devoy, Nicholas Sheridan, Brendan Fitzgerald and Donal Breen. Sam Mealy, Brendan Fitzgerald and Donal Breen qualified for the next round as individual speakers.
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National Forum on Europe
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Team: Eoin O'Keeffe, Donal Breen and Jamie Rath
Venue: Gorey Community School
Date: November 9th, 2007
Topic: The Euro - Asymbol of European Unity?The team performed well but unfortunately did not progress to the next round. |
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Concern Debating Team
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Date: Monday 12th November St. Peter's College Vs Presentation Waterford Team:Donal Breen, James Cooney, Eoin O' Keefe and Nicholas Sheridan. (David Darrigan is the research assistant for the team). Well done to the boys who won their latest debate and thanks to Ms. Kelly for driving.
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AIB L&H Junior Debates
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October 2007 AIB L&H Junior Debates
Team: Eoin Fitzgerald and David Atkinson go through as team into next round. David O' Reilly and Rory Nolan go through as best individual speakers. |
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Mental Health and Public Speaking
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Ciarán Murphy, Donal Breen and Eoin O'Keeffe St. Peter's Vs Presentation Venue: St. Peter's College Date: Tuesday, 13th November, 2007. Good luck to both teams and update will be listed following the debate
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Debating Archives
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