1960
“That this house regrets the divergence of the sciences from the humanities in the modern university.”
Team winner: Charles Lysaght and Aidan Browne (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Neville Keery (TCD Hist)
1961
Motion unknown
Team winner: Hallam Johnston and Jack Daniels (TCD Phil)
Individual winner: Peter Donnelly (UCD L&H)
1962
“That people have the right to be wrong”
Team winner: John Murtagh and Michael Bowes Egan (QUB)
Individual winner: Ian Blake (TCD Hist)
1963
“That the lights are going out in Europe”
Team winner: Patrick Cosgrave and Anthony Clare (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Desmond King (RCSI)
1964
“That Ireland has nothing to offer the world”
Team winner: Patrick Cosgrave and Anthony Clare (UCD L&H)
Individual Terry McMahon (King's Inns)
1965
“That Ireland’s need is socialism”
Team winner: David McConnell and Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Eamonn McCann (QUB)
1966
“That this house would rather live in any age other than its own”
Team winner: David McConnell and Cian Ó hÉigeartaigh (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Esmond Smyth (UCD L&H)
1967
Team winner: Donnchadh Ó Corráin and Anthony J Adolph (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Kevin O'Higgins (King's Inns)
1968
“This house would retain PR”
Team winner: Roddy Buckley and Dermot Gleeson (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Henry Kelly (UCD L&H)
1969
“That domination by religious denominations over the legislative processes of a society is a barrier to social progress”
Team winner: Brendan Keenan and Derek Davis (QUB)
Individual winner: Anthony J Adolph (UCC Philosoph)
1970
“That western democracy has failed”
Team winner: Neal Clarke and Donal O'Riain (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Adrian Hardiman (UCD L&H)
1971
“That politics is an honourable profession”
Team winner: Donnell Deeny and Gregory Murphy (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Marian Finucane (Bolton Street)
1972
“That this house would reject a united Ireland brought about by violence”
Team winner: Donnell Deeny and Frank Bannister (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Donnell Deeny (TCD Hist)
1973
Motion unknown
Team winner: Billy McCrory and Jimmy Hughes (QUB)
Individual winner: Adrian Hardiman (UCD L&H)
1974
“That the politicians have betrayed the people”
Team winner: David O'Sullivan and James Connolly (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Alex Lowry (NUU)
1975
“That western democracy cannot right the growing threat of Communism”
Team winner: Michael Hughes and Kevin Cahill (NUU)
Individual winner: Brian Curtin (King's Inns)
1976
Motion unknown
Team winner: Paul Gill and Gerry Danaher (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Deirdre Murphy (Maynooth)
1977
“Dulce et decorum est pro Patria mori”
Team winner: Pat Hennessy and Gerry Maher (Maynooth)
Individual winner: Patrick Healy (UCD L&H)
1978
“That Ireland is dancing at the crossroads”
Team winner: Conor Gearty and Donal O'Donnell (UCD Law Soc)
Individual winner: Turlough O'Donnell (King's Inns)
1979
“That talking ballot boxes are no compensation for the loss of national identity”
Team winner: Conor Gearty and John O'Donnell (UCD Law Soc)
Individual winner: Maurice Biggar (UCD L&H)
1980
“That Ireland needs an Ayatollah”
Team winner: Maurice Biggar and Eugene McCague (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Brian Havel (King's Inns)
1981
“That the two nation theory is a cultural myth”
Team winner: Charlie Meehan and Gerry Stembridge (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Seán Moran (TCD Hist)
1982
“That politics in Ireland has become a media game”
Team winner: Michael Byrne and Gerry Foley (TCD Phil)
Individual winner: Liam Plant (UCC)
1983
“That the unilateralists are the appeasers of the 1980s”
Team winner: Eoin Ó Maoileoin and Damian Crawford (UCG Lit & Deb)
Individual winner: Bill Maguire (TCD Hist)
1984
Motion unknown
Team winner: Eoin McCullough and Brian Murray (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Pat Whyms (UCD L&H)
1985
“The Irish party political system fails to meet the needs of the people”
Team winner: David Holland and Bryan Hassett (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Gideon Taylor (TCD Hist)
1986
“That Band Aid is no substitute for radical surgery”
Team winner: Declan McCavana and David Keane (TCD Phil)
Individual winner: Brendan Wilkins (UCG Lit & Deb)
1987
“That the GAA has made a positive contribution to the development of Irish society”
Team winner: Aidan Kane and Paul Gavin (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Conor Bowman (UCG Lit & Deb)
1988
“That Dublin at 1000 is both dirty and dear”
Team winner: Adrian Hunt and Tim Murphy (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Robert Plant (UCC Philosoph)
1989
“That British justice for the Irish is a flawed process”
Team winner: Maeve Collins and Pat Twomey (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Julian Clare (UCD Law Soc)
1990
“That this house would be European first and Irish second”
Team winner: Brendan Lenihan and Don O'Sullivan (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Tom Clonan (Cadet School)
1991
“That this house would prefer a woman at the top”
Team winner: Tim O'Leary and Pat Treacy (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Barra Faughnan (UCD L&H)
1992
“That investigative journalism undermines the due process of the law”
Team winner: Johanna Farrelly and Pat O'Keeffe (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Cian Ferriter (UCD Law Soc)
1993
“That the natural government for Ireland is coalition”
Team winner: Brendan Foley and Gavan Titley (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Kieran Healy (UCC Philosoph)
1994
“That the private lives of public figures are of no concern to the body politic”
Team winner: Dara Ó Briain and Marcus Dowling (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Bernard Dunleavy (King's Inns)
1995
“That this house would pay for a college education”
Team winner: Alan Roberts and Diarmuid Conway (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Gerry Hyde (UCC Philosoph)
1996
“That this house believes the punishment should fit the crime”
Team winner: Helen Boyle and Paul McDermott (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Douglas Clarke (TCD Hist)
1997
“That this house would support public funding of political parties”
Team winner: Seamus Doran and Padraic O'Halloran (UL Debating Union)
Individual winner: Matthew McCabe (Sadsi)
1998
“Ireland should put social justice before a Tiger economy”
Team: Muireann Ní Cinnéide and Elizabeth Barrett (UCC Philosoph)
Individual winner: Paul Gleeson (TCD Hist)
1999
“This house would deport all refugees”
Team winner: Caoilfhionn Gallagher and Bernadette Quigley (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Rossa Fanning (King's Inns)
2000
“This house would call a halt to the Tribunals of Inquiry”
Team winner: Michael Deasy and Rónán Mullen (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Louise Rouse (Sadsi)
2001
“This house agrees Sinn Féin has a place in this Republic’s government”
Team winner: Bríd McGrath and Yvonne Campbell (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Aoife Titley (TCD Hist)
2002
“This house regrets the American response to September 11th”
Team winner: Louis Mooney and Brendan Kelly (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Conor Buckley (UCC Philosoph)
2003
“This house believes that history will judge Ahern’s Ireland harshly”
Team winner: Leo Mulrooney and Colm Coyne (UCD L&H)
Individual winner: Alison McIntyre (TCD Hist)
2004
“This house regrets the restrictions on the media’s freedom of speech”
Team winner: Ian Kehoe and Michael Moriarty (DCU)
Individual winner: Paul Brady (King's Inns)
2005
“This house would tie development aid to human rights”
Team winner: David Whelan and Sam Collins (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Frank Kennedy (UCD L&H)
2006
“This house believes history will judge Haughey harshly”
Team winner: Barry Glynn and Mark Murphy (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Diarmuid Early (UCC Philosoph)
2007
“This house believes that a neutral Ireland cannot fulfil its global responsibilities in the 21st century”
Team winner: Ciaran Denny and David Boughton (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: David Quinn (King's Inns)
2008
“This house believes that Ireland owes a debt of gratitude to the Catholic church”
Team winner: Christopher Kissane and David Kenny (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Stephen Boyle (UCD L&H)
2009
“This house believes the partition of Ireland should remain permanent”
Team winner: John Gallagher and Andrea Mulligan (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Jeremy Kinsella (UCD L&H)
2010
“This house believes that Ireland owes a debt of gratitude to Fianna Fáil 1926-2010”
Team winner: Niamh Ní Mhaoileoin and Niall Sherry (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Seán O'Quigley (Griffith College)
2011
“This house would default”
Team winner: Áine Hartigan and Lorcan Price (King's Inns)
Individual winner: Mark Thuillier (TCD Law)
2012
“This house would abolish prisons”
Team winner: Elizabeth Ahern-Flynn and Eoin Kelleher (RCSI)
Individual winner: Michael Conroy (UCD Med Soc)
2013
“This house would emigrate”
Team winner: John Engle and Liam Brophy (TCD Bram Stoker Society)
Individual winner: Kate Brady (TCD Hist)
2014
“This house believes the Irish political system has served the people well”
Team winner: Dearbhla O'Gorman and Kieran O'Sullivan (Sadsi)
Individual winner: William Courtney (UCD Med Soc)
2015
“This house believes the fourth estate failed the Irish people in their hour of need”
Team winner: Hugh Guidera and Ronan O'Connor (TCD Phil)
Individual winner: Eoin MacLachlan (UCD L&H)
2016
“That 2016 should be the last time Ireland commemorates the Easter Rising”
Team winner: Ross O'Mahony and Aaron Vickery (Sadsi)
Individual winner: Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair (UCD L&H)
2017
“This House believes the women of Ireland should strike to repeal the Eighth Amendment.”
Team winner: Aisling Tully and Dara Keenan (UCD Law Soc)
Individual winner: Leah Morgan (Sadsi)
2018
“This house believes that Ireland has failed its youth”
Team winner: Aodhán Peelo and Cian Leahy (UCD Law Soc)
Individual winner: Amy Crean (UCD L&H)
2019
“This House would rescind Ireland’s position of neutrality in favour of a European standing army”
Team winner: Daniel Gilligan and Ronan Daly (TCD Hist)
Individual winner: Kevin Higgins (King's Inns)
