7th Annual EU Debate 2010

On the 24th of March 2010 the 7th Annual E.U. Debate was held at IT Tralee in L108 Solas building at the North Campus.Both teams were made up of second year Business students.The motion for the debate was "This house believes that there can be no European Union without Monetary Union."

The proposition representing Year 2 of the Higher Certificate in Business Studies included Mr. Martin O’Connor, Ms. Barny Hassan, and Mr.Paul Adeola Oluwaseun. The opposition representing Year 2 of the Bachelor of Business Studies included Ms. Alice O’Regan, Mr. Lloyd Power and Mr. Alin Zlatescu.

The panel of judges for the debate were ITT lecturers Mr. Fergus Dunne, Mr. Pat McGarty and Mr. John Shanahan.

The guest speaker for this year’s event was Mr. Tim Hayes who worked in the EU Commission in Brussels for 16 years. He is now Head of Sector at the European Commission Representation in Ireland.

There was a good turnout for the debate which was open to the public. The debate was chaired by ITT lecturer in European Studies, Lucy Kelly.
The debate itself was very informative and entertaining with more "points of information" exchanged between the sides than any previous year. All of the debaters were very well prepared and were very passionate in getting across their point of view. There were some great exchanges between the opposing teams and all of this added to what has been described as one of the best debates of recent years.

Guest speaker Mr.Tim Hayes made a contribution on the role of the European Commission in Ireland, and on E.M.U. He congratulated both teams on a very well structured and hard fought debate.

After much deliberation the victorious team was the proposition represented by Mr. Martin O’Connor, Ms. Barny Hassan, and Mr.Paul Adeola Oluwaseun. The best speech was awarded Mr. Alin Zlatescu.

Overall the debate was very well received and was a great success.
We here at IT Tralee look forward to an equally successful debate in 2011.
Below you will find the speeches of Ms Barney Hassan and Mr. Alin Zlatescu (Best speech winner)
and also some photo's from the night.