Junior Gold Medal Debate 2020
Junior Gold Medal Debate
Monday, 18th May 2020
Motion:
This House Believes that human beings are essentially selfish creatures.
This year’s Gold Medal Debate Winners:
Gregory Quinn (2nd Year)
Ben Kieran-Glennon (3rd Year)
We had 12 participants:
2nd Years: Harry Pierce, Gregory Quinn, AJ Adoghe, Patrick Hayden, Lucca Kenny, Amlan Parida and Jack Leyden
3rd Years: Daniel Keeley, Gavin Bowen O’Connor, Ben Kieran-Glennon, Frazer McGinn and Jamie Starr Bourke
Thank you to our judges Mr. John Sheil and Mr. Cathal Maher who remarked on Gregory’s tenacity throughout the debate, his argument and rhetoric; and Ben’s understanding of his role and position in the debate, his rebuttal , POIs and clear sense of task in convincing us of his argument.
We thank Ms. Pierce for her inspirational leadership of Junior Debating.
