Trinity IV: Dean Swift
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2008
Winners:
- Ross McGuire & Marguerite Carter (UCD Law - 2nd Opp)
Best Speaker:
- Ross Frenett (UCC Philosoph)
Finalists:
- 1st Prop: Luke Ryder & Brendan Bruen (Kings' Inns)
- 1st Opp: Ross Frenett & Derek Doyle (UCC Philosoph)
- 2nd Prop: Sam Block & Mhairi Murdoch (Cambridge)
Top of Team Tab:
- Ross Frenett & Derek Doyle (UCC Philosoph B)
Top of Speaker Tab (Joint):
- Ross Frenett (UCC Philosoph)
- Will Jones (Oxford)
Motions:
- Final: That This House Would Legalize Duelling To The Death
- Semi-Finals: That This House Regrets The Creation Of The State Of Israel
- Quarter-Finals: That This House Would Legalize Computer-Generated Child Pornography
- Round 5: That This House Would Make The Right To Vote Conditional On Passing A Civics Test
- Round 4: That This House Would Invite President Ahmadinejad Of Iran To Speak In The Graduates' Memorial Building
- Round 3: That This House Would Vote Republican In The 2008 US Presidential Election
- Round 2: That This House Believes That If You Pay For School, Then You Should Pay For College
- Round 1: That This House Would Level The Playing Field And Allow The Use Of Performance Enhancing Drugs In Sport
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2007
Winners:
- Doug Cochran & Connie Grieve (St Andrews - 2nd Prop)
Finalists:
- 1st Prop: Tony Murphy & Jason Vit (St Andrews)
- 1st Opp: Lorcan Price & Ronan Harrington (NUIG Lit & Deb)
- 2nd Opp: Michael Clark & Irwin Gill (UCD L&H)
Top of Team Tab:
- Diarmuid Early & Derek Lande (UCC Philosoph)
Top of Speaker Tab:
- Derek Lande (UCC Philosoph)
Motions:
- Final: That This House Believes In God
- Semi-Finals: That This House Would Extradite Prisoners Notwithstanding The Risk That They Be Tortured In Their Home Country (?)
- Quarter-Finals: That This House Believes That Suicide Bombing Is Justified
- Round 5: That This House Would Make The Payment Of Unemployment Welfare To Travellers Conditional On Settling
- Round 4: That This House Believes That Scotland Should Declare Independence From The United Kingdom
- Round 3: That This House Would Ban Blasphemy
- Round 2: That This House Would Stop Re-Fuelling US Military Aircraft In Shannon Airport
- Round 1: That This House Would Ban Male And Female Genital Mutilation
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2006
Winners:
- Mark Murphy & Barry Glynn (Kings Inns - 2nd Prop)
Best Speaker:
- Will Jones (Oxford)
Finalists:
- 1st Prop: Will Jones and Gavin Ilsley (Oxford)
- 1st Opp: Ross Frenett & Derek Doyle (UCC Philosoph)
- 2nd Opp: Marguerite Carter & Louisa Ní Éadáin (UCD L&H)
Top of Team Tab:
- Will Jones and Gavin Ilsley (Oxford)
Top of Speaker Tab:
- Will Jones (Oxford)
Motions:
- Final: That This House Would Vote Sinn Féin
- Semi-Finals: That This House Would Offer Asylum To Victims Of Female Genital Mutilation
- Round 5: That This House Would End The Trial Of Saddam Hussein
- Round 4: That This House Would Positively Discriminate For Women In General Elections
- Round 3: That This House Believes That The Catholic Church Should Allow Priests To Marry
- Round 2: That This House Supports Iran's Right To A Civilian Nuclear Programme (?)
- Round 1: That This House Believes That google.cn Is A Sell-Out
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2005
Winners:
- Brendan Kelly & Ciaran Lawlor (Kings Inns - 1st Prop)
Finalists:
- 1st Opp: David Whelan & Sam Collins (Kings Inns)
- 2nd Prop: Frank Kennedy & Richard Waghorne (UCD L&H)
- 2nd Opp: Michael Clark & Eoghan Casey(UCD Law)
Top of Team Tab:
- Kings Inns A (?? & ??)
Top of Speaker Tab:
- ??
Motions:
- Final: That This House Would Execute Drug Dealers
- Semi-Finals: That This House Would Electronically Tag Asylum Seekers
- Round 5: That This House Would Pay People To Vote
- Round 4: That This House Would Criminalize Letting Your Guests Drive Home Drunk
- Round 3: That This House Believes That The State Should Fund Cosmetic Surgery
- Round 2: That This House Would Require Sinn Féin To Disclose A Complete List Of Its Donors (?)
- Round 1: That This House Would Criminalize Adultery
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2004
Winners:
- Cian Murphy & Stephen Coutts (UCC Law - 2nd Prop)
Best Speaker:
- David Whelan (UCD L&H)
Finalists:
- 1st Prop: David Whelan & Colm Coyne (UCD L&H)
- 1st Opp: Noel McGrath & Ciaran Lawlor (UCD L&H)
- 2nd Opp: Michael Clark & Eoghan Casey (UCD Law)
Top of Team Tab:
- Cian Murphy & Stephen Coutts (UCC Law)
Top of Speaker Tab:
- ??
Motions:
- Final: ?? (something about the new Iraqi constitution)
- Semi-Finals: That This House Believes That Cultural Relativism Is A Cop-Out
- Round 5: That This House Believes That Bush's Bombs Make Rogue States Play Ball
- Round 4: That This House Would Go To The Ends Of The Earth To Get A World Class Education
- Round 3: That This House Would Ban Religious Dress In Schools (?)
- Round 2: That This House Would Fuck The Arts And Feed The Poor
- Round 1: ??
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Winners
2008 UCD Lawsoc (Ross McGuire & Marguerite Carter)
2007 St Andrews (Doug Cochrane & Connie Grieve)
2006 Kings Inns (Barry Glynn & Mark Murphy)
2005 Kings Inns (Brendan Kelly & Ciaran Lawlor)
2004 UCC Law (Cian Murphy & Stephen Coutts)
2003 UCD L&H (David Whelan & Sam Collins)
2002 Middle Temple (Jeremy Brier & Alex Deane)
2001 Kings Inns (Gallagher & O'Neill)
2000 UCD L&H (Paul Brady & Buckley)
1999 Kings Inns (O'Neill & Gallagher)
1998 TCD (Gleeson & Lyons)
1997 TCD (Langan & ??)
1996
1997 TCD (Dunleavy & Smith)
