600 INTERNATIONAL DEBATERS WILL BATTLE IT OUT FOR A EUROPEAN TITLE IN GALWAY THIS WEEK.

OVER THE NEXT SIX DAYS, DEBATERS FROM MORE THAN 140 INSTITUTIONS GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE TITLE OF EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES DEBATING CHAMPION.

THE EUROS CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE BEING JOINTLY HOSTED BY NUI GLAWAY'S LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY AND THE UNIVERSITY'S LAW SOCIETY FOR THE FIRST TIME AND JOINING THE COMPETITORS FROM ACROSS EUROPE WILL BE SPEAKERS FROM QATAR AND ISRAEL.

NINE ROUNDS OF COMPETITION WILL BE HELD OVER THE NEXT FOUR DAYS AND THE SEMI-FINALS AND FINAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE WEEKEND, WITH THE NEW EUROPEAN CHAMPION BEING CROWNED AT GALWAY'S RADISSON BLU HOTEL ON SUNDAY.