M.U.N 2016

BLACKROCK COLLEGE

M.U.N. 2016

OUR FIRST CONFERENCE!

Congratulations to our Model United Nations (M.U.N.) Society on the organisation of our first Conference.  It was a huge success with 60 DELEGATES from Rathdown, Clonkeen, Terenure, Mt. Anville, Loreto Dalkey and ourselves.

Deserving wins in the Outstanding Delegation Awards went to Mt Anville, Terenure and Loreto Dalkey.  Blackrock won its own Distinguished Delegate Awards through Andrew Ryan (3^rd Year), Michael Ryan (3^rd Year) and Simon Huggard (TY).

We would like to thank Ms Kathryn Cummins and her household staff for the set up on the day and Mr Fintan O’Connor, Alan Sheridan and our Maintenance Team for their swift and fast paced order on the day that is irreplaceable.  We thank all the guest chairs from Terenure, Loreto Dalkey and Rathdown.  The chairs from Blackrock (and co-Organisers): John Heavey, Mark Heavey and Scott Donohoe (all 5^th Year), Marcus Ó Faoláin, James Huggard (President of General Assembly) and Stephen Rooney (Secretary General). Mr Ronan Hearne (Class of 2015) for his photography on the day.  Eoin Joy, Chris Wong and John Gallagher (5^th Year) for manning the Tuck Shop.

We thank the entire MUN Society consisting of: John Huggard, Tom Dooley, Mark Landers, Lorcan Patchell (all 2^nd Year), Michael Ryan, Michael McDonald, Andrew Ryan, Drummond McGinn, Shore Oluborode, Conor O’Neill, Mark Kenny (all 3^rd Year), Christopher O’Flaherty, Simon Huggard (both TY), Mark Heavey, John Heavey, Scott Donohoe, Jack Caffrey (5^th Year), Marcus Ó Faoláin, Stephen Rooney and James Huggard (6^th Year), for their consistent work to ensure that ‘ROCKMUN was such a success.  I thank Mr Hugo Rowsome and the “ecliptive force” that ties ROCKMUN together, Mr Mark Smyth for his dedication and support in ensuring that every day of MUN is a fun one.