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The Griffith College Law Faculty was selected to host the final of The Irish Times Debating Competition which took place on February 18th 2011. Over 300 audience members from all over the country attended to watch the debate.
THE Convenor THE IRISH TIMES DEBATE 2010-2011 was David Quinn and the motion was “This House Would Default”
The Chairman was David McConnell, Professor of Genetics at Trinity College Dublin, Former Chairman of the Irish Times Trust, Twice Former Winner of the Competition.
Many former winners have gone on to take up prominent places in public life, in disparate fields that share only the common thread that debating prowess proved an important skill in the career chosen. Former winners Derek Davis, Henry Kelly and Marian Finucane have all been prominent in careers in television and media, as was psychiatrist Anthony Clare.
Law and politics are heavily represented among the ranks of former winners. Judges Adrian Hardiman, Kevin O’Higgins, Esmonde Smyth and Sir Donnell Deeny and former Attorney General Dermot Gleeson are former winners; both former President of Ireland Mary Robinson and Tánaiste Mary Harney were finalists.Watch all video recordings here!
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