Scoil Mhuire debates its way to All Ireland win

They are All Ireland champs — and that’s not up for debate.

After some tough talking as gaeilge, three sixth-year students from Scoil Mhuire in Cork have won the prestigious Gael Linn national debating competition, becoming the first Cork school to scoop the Irish language debating title.

Team captain Aisling Hourihan, Emma Dobson and Zoe Boland opposed the motion that the Irish people have lost their national identity. They interpreted identity as closely associated with culture, language, sport and home-grown Irish heroes with whom the nation identifies.