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For six decades, participants in the annual event have argued burning issues of the day
Conor Gearty
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Did what I learned as a debater all those years ago endure? Without question yes
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The first Irish Times Debate took place 60 years ago. Former student debaters look back
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Irish Embassy in London yet to receive any complaints of harassment of Irish nationals
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Speech entitled ‘Campaigning for Human Rights in the Contemporary World’
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Former president tells UCD audience it is ‘profoundly wrong’ to ask celibates to carry out such a review
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Conor Gearty’s new book warns against the erosion of our fundamental rights
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