A team from Ursuline Secondary School Thurles were the winners of the All Ireland Schools Public Speaking Competition organised by the Order of the Knights of St Columbanus.
The All Ireland final which took place in Maynooth College on Saturday 10th March 2018 involved seven schools who had progressed from earlier provincial rounds.
Connacht
CBS Roscommon
College of the Immaculate Conception, Sligo
Leinster
St Oliver’s Drogheda
Munster
Ursuline Secondary School Thurles (Team 1) (Winners)
Ursuline Secondary School Thurles (Team 2)
Ulster
Belfast Royal Academy
St Ciaran’s College Ballygawley (Runners-Up)