Parlon says Macra debate helped career

WHO better to launch the Macra-02 National Debating finals than someone whose career has taken him from victory in the finals to membership of the Government, as a junior minister.

Junior Finance Minister Tom Parlon said the art of debating has stood to him throughout his career, when he launched the finals, at a function in the Office of Public Works, Dublin.

The debating finals will be contested by Sligo Town Macra and the Ladysbridge club from Imokilly, Co Cork, during the Macra AGM in Ballyvourney, Co Cork on May 10.