The ESB All Ireland Schools Debating Competition was won last night by Donnacha O Conaill and Rami Okasha, of Colaiste Spioraid Naomh in Cork, who proposed the motion "That this house would advocate zero tolerance of crime".
The best individual speaker in the debate, held at University College Dublin, was Joseph Fogarty of Our Lady's School, Templemore, Co Tipperary. Over 200 schools took part in the competition.