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Six Schools perform with Distinction during EU Model Council Debate on Migration

The results are in from the 2022 Model Council of the European Union debating competition. Six teams rose above twenty-one other schools across Ireland for their convincing portrayal of the positions taken by Justice and Home Affairs Ministers from ...

07 Mar 2022 at 09:58

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'Not a something, a someone' - Archbishop speaks out as Seanad debates abortion safe zones bill

An Irish archbishop has described life in the womb as "a someone" rather than "a something". Archbishop Eamon Martin made the comments in a statement today (December 13) ahead of Seanad Éireann's debate on the second stage of the Health ...

13 Dec 2023 at 12:54

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FactCheck: Leaders’ debate from housing and transport to the children’s hospital

There were over two hours of intense debate and countless claims and counterclaims made by 10 party leaders on RTE on Monday evening. Let’s factcheck some of the standout claims. Sinn Fein and Europe Claim: Fianna Fail leader Micheal ...

19 Nov 2024 at 10:54

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Fiery exchanges in the first televised leaders debate of Irish general election

Ireland’s political leaders have clashed on housing, public spending and the government’s response to war-ravaged Gaza in the first TV leaders’ debate of the election. The RTE leaders’ debate, which was scheduled for two hours long ...

19 Nov 2024 at 01:51

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Taoiseach and Tanaiste say they would shun coalition with Sinn Fein

Ireland’s premier and deputy premier again made clear their opposition to entering any coalition government with Sinn Fein in the first major TV debate of the Irish General Election campaign. Standing together in the RTE studio, ...

18 Nov 2024 at 22:23

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Harris and McDonald face scrutiny over handling of party controversies in debate

Taoiseach Simon Harris and Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald both faced scrutiny over their handling of controversies involving party colleagues during the televised General Election debate. Fine Gael leader Mr Harris told ...

18 Nov 2024 at 23:33

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FactCheck: Ten claims from the final leaders’ debate of the campaign

(Correction, amends figure in third par from bottom to 829.6 million euros and adds Sinn Fein response in the “Sinn Fein and current expenditure” section) The dust has settled on the final leaders’ debate of this year’s ...

27 Nov 2024 at 14:58

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FactCheck: Are 500,000 more people working since Micheal Martin was Taoiseach?

Monday night’s RTE debate saw 10 party leaders go head-to-head, with plenty of claims by both Government and opposition TDs looking to set out their stall ahead of next week’s general election. Fianna Fail leader ...

26 Nov 2024 at 13:44

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'You're a clown' - Saoirse McHugh clashes with Peter Casey in RTÉ election debate

Independent European candidate Saoirse McHugh labelled her rival Peter Casey a "clown" during a debate on RTÉ's Upfront with Katie Hannon on Monday night. The debate featured a mixed panel of eight independent ...

21 May 2024 at 12:09

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Kildare students to debate in Primary Festival

The Primary Debating Festival will take place again this year in partnership between Kildare Education Centre and the Kildare Library Service and supported by Concern Worldwide with four schools from Kildare ...

22 Feb 2018 at 13:29

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Two winners chosen at the Kildare Primary Debates Finals

The winners for the Kildare Primary Debating Festival this year are St. Brigid’s national school, Kildare Town and Ballyshannon national school in Kilcullen Kildare Education Centre in partnership with ...

16 Mar 2018 at 16:58

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Who is the most talkative Kildare TD in the Dáil?

Fine Gael TD for Kildare North, Bernard Durkan, has made the most debate contributions of any Kildare TD in Dáil Eireann. He rose to speak some 226 times in the last year. That’s according to an ...

12 Jul 2017 at 07:00

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