Galway National Law Debates
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2008
Teams: 41
Winners: Rainmen (Derek Doyle & John Moriarty) [Composite]
Top Speaker on Tab: Derek Doyle (Rainmen)
Best Speaker in Final: Ross McGuire (Reason Hogs)
Tab: [[1]]
Final:
1st Prop: Reason Hogs (Ross McGuire & Eoghan Sheehy)
1st Opp: Hasta La Fianna Fail Siempre (Niall Kennedy & Steve Nolan)
2nd Prop: Rainmen (Derek Doyle & John Moriarty)
2nd Opp: Mohammed Jihad Durka Durka (Derek Lande & Sayeqa Islam)
Chief Adjudicators:
- Daniel Sinnott
Motions:
Final: That This House Would End Islamic Immigration Into Ireland
Semi-Final: That This House Believes That Democracy Is Not Right For Pakistan
Round 5: That This House Believes That The USA Should Introduce Conscription
Round 4: That This House Would Remove All Laws Against Incitement To Hatred
Round 3: That This House Believes That Irish Teams Should Stay Away From The World Debating Championships
Round 2: That This House Believes That The State Should Not Fund Arts Students Through College
Round 1: That This House Would Allow Entrapment
UCC Teams:
1st: Jesus, Mary Magdalene & The Resurrection (Diarmuid Early & Sharon Dillon-Lyons) Composite
2nd: Mohammed Jihad Durka Durak (Derek Lande & Sayeqa Islam) Composite
4th: Hasta La Fianna Fail Siempre (Niall Kennedy & Steve Nolan) Composite
6th: Rainmen (Derek Doyle & John Moriarty) Composite
12th: UCC Law B (Danny Gleeson & Victoria Wallace)
13th: F-UCC UCC (Maureen Haverty & Eoghan McSwiney)
14th: UCC-ing Double (Ross Frenett & JP Frenett)
16th: Ultimate Church of Clientology (Shane Lyons & Kieran Murphy)
17th: UCC Philosoph A (Will Sherlock & Anne Winkler)
18th: Final Solution Showband (Art Ward & Shane Cranley) Composite
23rd: UCC Law C (Luke Harris & Lorna Greene)
29th: UCC Law A (Marcus Walsh & Chris Hale)
37th: UCC Law D (Jolene Quinn & Shirley Somers)
UCC Speakers:
1st Derek Doyle
2nd Diarmuid Early
6th Derek Lande
8th Steve Nolan
11th Art Ward
14th Ross Frenett
29th Danny Gleeson
33rd Shane Lyons
39th Victoria Wallace
41st Will Sherlock
42nd Maureen Haverty
42nd Luke Harris
45th Eoghan McSwiney
46th Kieran Murphy
48th JP Frenett
54th Marcus Walsh
57th Chris Hale
60th Lorna Greene
62nd Anne Winkler
73rd Jolene Quinn
74th Shirley Somers
2007
Teams: 50
Winners: CUS A (Noel McGrath & pCiarán Denny) [Composite]
Top Speaker on Tab: Noel McGrath (CUS A)
Best Speaker in Final: Noel McGrath (CUS A)
Final:
1st Prop: Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Derek Lande & Art Ward)
1st Opp: Shakira Shakira (Chris Kissane & Josephine Curry)
2nd Prop: David Boughton & Diarmuid Early (Will Jones & Jess Harvey-Smith)
2nd Opp: CUS A (Noel McGrath & pCiarán Denny)
UCC Final Judges:
- Stephen Nolan
Chief Adjudicators:
- Morgan Shelley
- David Whelan
Motions:
Final: That this house would demand a United Ireland now
Semi-Final: That this house believes that US missile bases have no place in Europe
Round 5: That this house would grant asylum to deserting US soldiers fighting in Iraq who cite consciencious objections to the war
Round 4: That this house would implement mandatory life sentences for human traffickers
Round 3: That this house believes blood donation is the new jury duty
Round 2: That this house would grant automatic anonymity for those accused of sexual offences
Round 1: That this house would prosecute Sacha Baron cohen for incitemnet to hatred
UCC Teams:
2nd (Semis): Sun Tzu's Art of Ward (David Boughton & Diarmuid Early) [Composite]
3rd (Final): Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Derek Lande & Art Ward)
11th: UCC Philosoph E Paul Flynn & Shane Lyons)
17th: Nurses Deserve Respect (Derek Doyle & Tony Murphy)
18th: UCC Law B Aengus Ó Corráin & (Daniel P. McCarthy)
27th: UCC Philosoph A (Danny Gleeson & John Gleeson)
29th: UCC Law E (Chris Hale & Tadgh O'Leary)
30th: UCC Law C (Will Sherlock & Victoria Wallace)
32nd: UCC Philosoph C (Tiernan Fitzgibbon & Conor O'Brien)
33rd: UCC Law F (John Mortell & Niall O'Leary)
35th: UCC Philosoph B (Steven Cull & Anna Timoney)
39th: UCC Philosoph F (Kirsty March & Eamon Chawke)
41st: UCC Law D (Alison Barry & Aoife Hegarty)
UCC Speakers:
3rd Derek Lande
6th Diarmuid Early
11th Paul Flynn
13th Derek Doyle
17th Art Ward
25th Shane Lyons
26th Conor O'Brien
27th Tiernan Fitzgibbon
29th Aengus Ó Corráin
37th Steven Cull
37th Daniel P. McCarthy
40th John Gleeson
43rd Danny Gleeson
52nd Chris Hale
55th Will Sherlock
57th Tadgh O'Leary
57th John Mortell
59th Niall O'Leary
62nd Eamon Chawke
65th Victoria Wallace
78th Kirsty March
81st Kelvin Killeen
83rd Alison Barry
86th Aoife Hegarty
87th Anna Timoney
90th Danny Kelly
2006
Teams: 44
Winners: Ducked (Ross Frenett & Andrea Mulligan) [Composite]
Best Speaker in Final: Ross Frenett (UCC Philosoph)
Final:
1st Prop: David Boughton & ?? (TCD Hist)
1st Opp: Ian Kehoe & Brendan Kelly (Composite)
2nd Prop: Ross Frenett & Andrea Mulligan (Ducked - Composite)
2nd Opp: Daniel Sinnott & Richard Waghorne (UCD)
Top Speaker on Tab: David Boughton (TCD Hist)
Tab: Download
Chief Adjudicators:
Motions:
Final: That this house believes that the Irish government should allow casinos only in Gaeltacht areas
Semi-Final: That this house would give the Organisation of Islamic Conference a permanent seat on the United Nations' Security Council
Round 4: That this house would ban fashion magazines from showing images of overly-thin models (?)
Round 3: That this house would remove the ban on sympathy strikes
Round 2b: That this house would create a directly elected EU president
Round 2a: That this house believes that the Irish government should allow casinos only in Gaeltacht areas
(The original round two had to be cancelled when a fire alarm went off early in the debate - the same motion was re-run in the final.)
Round 1: ?? (something about private schools/poor people/access programmes/positive discrimination in admissions)
2005
Winners: Paddy Buckley & Eoghan Casey (College of Christian Knights - Composite)
Best Speaker in Final: Eoghan Casey (College of Christian Knights)
Final:
1st Prop: Michael Clark & Morgan Shelley (UCD L&H)
1st Opp: Ian Kehoe & Brendan Kelly (Composite)
2nd Prop: Derek Doyle & Eamonn O'Flaherty (UCC Philosoph)
2nd Opp: Paddy Buckley & Eoghan Casey (College of Christian Knights - Composite)
Chief Adjudicator:
- Fiona Dewar
Motions:
Final: That this house would legalize abortion on demand
Semi-Final: That this house would give a greater role to the victim in criminal trials
Round 5: That this house would allow parents using IVF to choose the gender of their children
Round 4: That this house would end the use of civilian nuclear power
Round 3: That this house would use cloning to protect endangered species
Round 2: That this house would allow prisoners to vote
Round 1: That this house would ban the Swastika throughout Europe
UCC Teams:
1st (Finals): Derek Doyle & Eamonn O'Flaherty
5th (Semis): Diarmuid Early & Daniel P. McCarthy
2004
Winners: Ciaran Lawlor & Simon Larragy (UCD L&H)
Best Speaker in Final: Simon Larragy (UCD L&H)
Final:
1st Prop: Ciaran Lawlor & Simon Larragy (UCD L&H)
1st Opp: Paddy Buckley & Eoghan Casey (College of Christian Knights - Composite) (?)
2nd Prop: Hannah Murphy & Brendan Bruen (TCD Hist)
2nd Opp: Cian Murphy & Stephen Coutts (UCC Law)
Top of the Speaker Tab: Cian Murphy (UCC Law)
Chief Adjudicator:
- Derek Lande
Motions:
Final: That this house would make minority religious practises exempt from national laws
Round 5: That this house would tax fat
Round 4: ?? (something about family law)
Round 3: That this house would criminalize adultery
Round 2: ??
Round 1: That this house would not allow legal exemptions for aboriginal groups (?)
Winners
2008 Rainmen (Derek Doyle & John Moriarty)
2007 CUS A (Ciaran Denny & Noel McGrath)
2006 Ducked (Ross Frenett & Andrea Mulligan)
2005 College Of Christian Knights (Paddy Buckley & Eoghan Casey)
2004 UCD L&H (Ciaran Lawlor & Simon Larragy)
2003 UCC Law (Michelle McCarthy & Kieran Walsh)
2002 UCC Law (Derek Lande & Claire McHugh)
2001 UCD Law (Ciaran Lawlor & Simon Larragy)
2000 Galway (Rouse & ??)
1999 Galway (Rouse & ??)
1998 Galway
1997 UCD Law (John Cahir & Anne-Marie Lawlor)
See also
NUIG Literary & Debating Society
