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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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Kildare Sinn Fein candidate welcomes Mary Lou's inclusion in leaders' debate on Prime Time

Sinn Féin candidate contesting the general election in North Kildare, Reada Cronin, has welcomed the inclusion of her party leader, Mary Lou McDonald to the Prime Time debate on RTÉ this week. Following yesterday's results from the ...

03 Feb 2020 at 19:17

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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 and party candidates ...

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 to thrash it out for ...

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 Kildare Library Service ...

16 Mar 2018 at 16:58

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Rigby Jones debating Round One: Two fiercely-contested debates open this year’s Kildare schools competition

Gaelcholáiste Chill Dara, Naas, hosted the opening round of the long-established Co Kildare Inter Schools Debating Competition for the Michael Rigby-Jones Shield, in association with the Leinster Leader recently and ensured ...

26 Oct 2017 at 13:36

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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 analysis from the Irish ...

12 Jul 2017 at 07:00

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SCHOOLS DEBATES: St Mary's retain Rigby-Jones Shield in hard-fought Naas derby final

Nigel Farage, the rise of populism across Europe, economic hardship, racism and… Roy Keane’s sudden departure from Saipan. All featured in a hard-fought Naas derby final of the County Kildare Inter-Schools Debating ...

09 Dec 2016 at 15:51

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

18 Nov 2024 at 22:23

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