Soroptimist Public Speaking Competition

The Soroptimist Ireland Girls’ Public Speaking Competition has been running for over 40 years and is the result of North-South Soroptimist co-operation when Mildred O’Brien SI Bray (President SI ROI) and Marie Brownlee (President SI Northern Ireland) decided that there should be a competition to encourage girls to speak in public.

The competition encourages girls to develop the skills to speak effectively and articulately with clarity and conviction. This enables them to improve their self-confidence and personality which in turn will enhance their career opportunities.

A choice of topics is provided for the competition. and each contestant chooses one topic .Transition Year student Maeve O Sullivan participated in this year’s local heat in Bandon on Thursday, October 27th.Maeve based her presentation on the topic “Peace and Democracy.” Maeve chose this topic because she was drawn to the quote by Barack Obama that was a prompter in this category.

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for''

Well done to Maeve on a great Presentation.