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  • Eighteenth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 16th March Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Framing the Debate: Where Theory & Tactics Meet Workshop on creating a mental framework for individual debates to allow you to conceive their philosophical cores and thus make astute tact...
  • Nineteenth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 23rd March Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Framing the Debate 2: The Whiteboard A continuation of the previous week’s teachings, taking an in-depth look at specific motions and breaking them down to their constituent bits. Focus will...
  • Euthanasia Debate

    Where: Kirwan Theare When: Thursday 25th March Time: 19:00 – 21:30 Motion: This House Would Legalise Euthanasia How do you put a value on a life? Euthanasia seeks to do just that, by allowing someone to decide when the pain and suffering the feel ...
  • Speaker of the Year

    Where: Kirwan Theatre When: Thursday 18th March Time: 19:00 – 21:30 Motion: This House Believes Only the Wicked Need Privacy Every year, the Speaker of the Year competition takes place, where the finest speakers in Galway come together to win the ...
  • An Audience with Garry Hynes

    Where: Aula Maxima, Quadrangle, NUI Galway When: Thursday 11th March Time: 19:00 – 21:30   On Thursday the 11th of March, the Literary and Debating Society will be hosting an Audience with Garry Hynes, founder and artistic director of the Druid T...
  • Internal Mace Final

    Where: IT 250 When: Tuesday 9th March Time: 19:00 – 21:00   The teams are: Conor Kelly & Ronan Fitzpatrick Timothy Morrow & Fánchea Daly Oisín Robbins & Ciaran Garrett Sean Kearns & Neasa O'Callaghan   The motion and posi...
  • The Students’ Union Debate

    Where: Kirwan Theatre When: 4th March Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Motion: This House Believes The Students’ Union Has Become Redundant   A Students’ Union is charged with representing the views of their members and getting them a better deal. In deca...
  • Maidens Final

    Where: Kirwan Theatre When: 15th February Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Motion: This House Believes That Governments Should Prioritise Fighting Climate Change Over Poverty   A Maiden Speaker, like a Debutante in days of old, is a debater who is unsullied b...
  • Sixteenth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 23th February Time: 19:00 – 21:00 The First Half: Claiming All The GroundThe positions of 1st Prop and 1st Opp in Mace Debating. How to build models, crucial rebuttal and how to claim the substantive bulk to defeat the secon...
  • The Cosmetic Surgery Debate

    “THW Ban Cosmetic Surgery” This weeks debate has unfortunately had to be cancelled. Please keep checking www.literaryanddebating.com for details on future events.   ...
  • Fifteenth Workshop

    Workshop 15 – 16th February 2010 Where: IT Building When: 16th February Time: 19:00 – 21:00   Maidens Workshop A workshop on Maidens style of speaking, a 3-on-3 individual style. Role fulfillment and the differences from Mace style will be disc...
  • Fourteenth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 9th February Time: 19:00 – 21:00   The IR Information Dump: Everything You Need To Know About The World of Acronyms Workshop focusing on information about geo-politics needed for International Relations Debates. Why the UN...
  • The Alumni Debate - Hacks & Heroes of Lit & Deb

    Date: Thursday 11th February Time: 7pm Location: Kirwan Theatre, Concourse   Generations ago, the Debaters of Galway went forth and conquered the globe. Now, the Lit & Deb brings back these forgotten heroes for one more night, one more...
  • Thirteenth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 2nd February Time: 19:00 – 21:00 From The Other Side: Judging DebatesTo prepare for the Irish National Law Debates, a workshop on judging Mace debates. What matters in picking winners in debates, from role fulfillment to eng...
  • The Environmental Debate

    Date: Thursday 4th February Time: 7pm Location: Kirwan Theatre, Concourse Motion: “This House Believes Ireland is Ready for Nuclear Power” Nuclear power has always been a divisive issue.  Peak oil has passed, and concern is growing over the im...
  • Twelfth Workshop

    Where: IT Building When: 26th January Time: 19:00 – 21:00 Baby Steps: Logic Progression & Point-BuildingHow to internally structure and construct points to prove your case, and how to build up from first principles to those killer lines. Be sure...
  • The Trade Unions Debate

    Date: Thursday 28th January Time: 7pm Location: Kirwan Theatre, Concourse Motion: “This House Believes Trade Unions are an impediment to Economic Recovery”   With Ireland in the midst of a recession that surpasses the 1980s, it is no surprise ...
  • US President Debate

    Date: Thursday 21st January Time: 7pm Location: Kirwan Theatre, Concourse Motion: "This House Believes Obama Will Continue to Disappoint"   The President of the USA is always in the public eye – every action, every decision, is scrutinised and que...
  • Eleventh Workshop

    Where: Kirwan Theatre, Main ConcourseWhen: 2010-01-19Time: 19:00 – 21:00Welcome Back!Rejoin Lit & Deb for another semester of interesting and useful workshops. This workshop will cover strategies and tactics of debating - showing you not just how t...
  • The Gay Marriage Debate

    Date: Thursday 14th January Time: 7pm Location: Kirwan Theatre, Concourse Motion: This House Would Grant Same Sex Couples All The Same Rights as Heterosexual Couples     Gay Marriage has been one of the biggest issues in Irish society for years. H...