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Senior Cycle students in Kilkenny are being invited to compete for €6,000 in prize money in this year’s Oireachtas Essay Competition / Aiste an Oireachtais.
Parliamentary Politics Matters for Peace or An Pharlaimint agus an tSíocháin is the theme of Oireachtas Essay Competition / Aiste an Oireachtais 2023-24, launched by the Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD, this week.
The competition, which is sponsored by book and stationery suppliers Eason and educational publishers Folens and CJ Fallon, aims to get young people reflecting on and discussing politics and the democratic process. Aiste an Oireachtais is bilingual and 32-county. Students in 5th or 6th Year of Leaving Cert or in AS/A Level are eligible to submit entries.
“This year’s competition invites students to think about on how members of parliament should be, and can be, agents of peace, and how the work of parliament can contribute to peacebuilding,” says Mr Ó Fearghaíl.
“The latest outbreak of violence in the Middle East, the invasion of Ukraine and the conflict in these and other places present what appear to many as intractable problems that defy hope.
Yet peace must come, and it must be worked for. No matter how difficult progress may seem, people of goodwill must work for peace.
The Senior Cycle students taking part in Aiste an Oireachtais are among those who will in future assume responsibility for our world. Their preparation for that time is part of their life now. We are delighted, through this Competition and in other ways, to support them as they prepare for their future role.”
Students enter the competition by first registering on www.oireachtasessay.ie/www.aisteanoireachtais.ie by Friday 10th November. Each entrant is issued a numerical code with which they can upload their essays by the deadline on Friday, 24th November.
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