Why isn’t the great debate a listed event?
This is the first time that an Irish university has successfully bid to host the competition. With over 150 teams from all over Europe involved, it is a huge addition to the events during Cork’s tenure as capital of culture.
It is unfortunate that the organisers of Cork 2005 have yet to agree on its status as a cultural event, despite the fact that it is being run by one of the country’s oldest cultural bodies, the Philosophical Society in UCC.