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Things are exceedingly hectic in Debates HQ at the moment. Here’s the lowdown on what’s going on:
Top of the list is the Concern Debates Semi-finals, which are drawing ever closer. After seven gruelling rounds that started back in October, four teams are just one step from the Concern Debates National Final. The Semi-finals will take place in DCU Business School, Dublin 9 at 7pm on 17 April. The semi-finalists are Athlone Community College, CBS Thurles, Mercy Secondary School, Ballymahon and St. Benildus College. If you’re free, why not join us? I’m certain they’ll be two entertaining debates.
That is not all we’ve been working on. We’re also calling on budding writers to enter the Concern Cecil Woodham-Smith Creative Writing Competition. Picture the scene: it's the year 2058, and world hunger has been eradicated. Great, obviously! But how did it happen? Well, that's what we want YOU to decide. The closing date is 18 April so don’t delay! Get your thinking caps on and try to imagine what you think it would take to create a world without hunger within the next 50 years. Your entry can take the form of an essay or short story (English or Irish) and should be no longer than 1,000 words for the junior category, and 1,500 for the senior category.
Over the last couple of months, table quiz teams across the country have been taking the Know Your World quiz challenge by participating in the regional heats. These were held in Letterkenny, Athlone, Cork, Dublin and Thurles and we are now left with 20 teams of development “brainiacs” who will be pitting their wits against one another at the Know Your World National Final in the Royal Dublin Hotel at 2pm on 24 April. Good luck to all involved!
