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        You are invited to attend the Concern Post Primary Debates All-Island Final on May 2nd 2024!

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        Don't miss this landmark event! If you would like to attend the Concern Post Primary Debate Final, please simply email debates@concern.net  with your name and the number of guests you would like to bring as well as your link with Concern Debates Programme!

        2023 Concern Debates All-Island Post-Primary Final Winners!

        Congratulations to the 2023 Concern Debates All-Island Post-Primary Final Champions: Largy College of Monaghan! On 04 May at The Helix, they debated against The High School of Dublin, who placed second.

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        Previous Concern Debates winners

        • 2022 Cup: Mount Saint Michael, Rosscarbery, Co. Cork
        • 2022 Shield: Sandford Park, Dublin 6
        • 2021 Cup: Presentation De La Salle Bagenalstown 
        • 2021 Shield: Friends’ School Lisburn 
        • 2019: Largy College, Monaghan
        • 2018: St. Kilian’s German School, Dublin 
        • 2017: Sacred Heart Clonakilty, Cork

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