Diarmuid Early

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Diarmuid Early is a former Auditor (157th Session), Development Officer (156th Session) and Internal Convenor (155th Session) of the Philosoph. He was Deputy Convenor and Registration Director of Cork Europeans 2005. He is also a former Finance Officer of the UCC Societies' Guild (2005/2006) and a former Vice-Auditor of the UCC Law Society (2003/2004). He was awarded a Bene Merenti at the Societies Guild Awards 2007, and is an Honorary Life Member of both the Philosophical and Law Societies, a rare distinction.

Diarmuid graduated with a first class joint honours degree in Mathematics and Physics in 2007 and has just completed an M.Sc. in Theoretical Computer Science in UCC. Diarmuid was named UCC Graduate of Year in 2007, becoming the third consecutive Philosoph committee member to win that accolade. He currently lives in London.

Contents 1 Competitive Debating Involvement 1.1 158th Session 1.2 157th Session 1.3 156th Session 1.4 155th Session 1.5 154th Session 1.6 153rd Session 2 Adjudication 3 External Links

Competitive Debating Involvement

158th Session

Winner:

• Balaka Individual Speakers' Competition

• Law Society Gold Medal

• Philosoph Gold Medal

Finalist:

• Glasgow Ancients (Partner - Doug Cochran)

• Trinity Invitational (Partner - Cormac Early)

Semi-Finalist:

• Galway National Law Debates (Partner - Sharon Dillon-Lyons, Top of Team Tab, 2nd on Speaker Tab)

• Trinity IV (Partner - Conor O'Brien)

157th Session

Winner:

• Durham Open (Partner - Ross Frenett)

• LSE Open (Partner - Sam Block)

• Nottingham IV (Partner - Daniel P. McCarthy)

Finalist:

• John Smith Memorial Irish Mace (Partner - Ross Frenett)

• Manchester IV (Partner - Conor O'Brien)

• St. Andrews IV (Partner - Ross Frenett)

Semi-Finalist:

• European Universities' Debating Championships (Partner - Ross Frenett)

• Cambridge IV (Partner - Derek Lande)

• Oxford IV (Partner - Ross Frenett, 3rd on Team Tab, 2nd on Speaker Tab)

Top of Team Tab:

• Trinity IV (Partner - Derek Lande, reached Quarter-Finals)

156th Session

Individual Winner:

• Irish Times Debating Competition (Partner - Tony Murphy, to round 2)

Finalist:

• John Smith Memorial Irish Mace (Partner - Derek Lande, Runners Up)

• LSE Open (Best Speaker in Final, Partner - Sharon Dillon-Lyons)

• Cambridge IV (Partner - Derek Lande)

• UCD IV (Partner - Tony Murphy)

Quarter-Finalist:

• World Universities' Debating Championships (Partner - Tony Murphy)

155th Session

Finalist:

• London Open (Partner - Cormac Early)

• UL IV (Partner - Cormac Early)

• Inner Temple IV (Partner - Derek Lande)

• Birmingham IV (Partner - Derek Doyle)

154th Session

Finalist:

• National Maidens' Debating Competition

• UCD Law Society Invitational (Partner - Derek Doyle)

Semi-Finalist:

• European Universities' Debating Championships (Partner - Paul Flynn)

153rd Session

Individual Winner: Munster Schools' Debating Competition

Adjudication

• World Universities' Debating Championships Grand Final Judge (Thailand, 2008), ESL Final Judge (Vancouver, 2007)

• European Universities' Debating Championships Deputy Chief Adjudicator (Tallinn, 2008)

• DCU Open Chief Adjudicator (2008)

• Manchester IV Co-Chief Adjudicator (with Connie Grieve, 2008)

• UL IV Chief Adjudicator (2007)

• Cork Invitational Chief Adjudicator (2006)

• Munster Schools' Debating Competition Final Chair Judge (2006)

• All-Ireland Schools' Debating Competition Final Judge (2006-2008)

External Links

Newspaper report on Diarmuid's tour of the US