Alex set for presentation 

FIFTEEN students, including one from a Northside school, will deliver presentations, in the style of TED talks, at the Mansion House this week as part of the Houses of the Oireachtas programme commemorating the 100th anniversary of the First Dáil.

The students, all aged 16 to 17 were selected from a nationwide TED-Ed Club competition. They have spent many hours preparing their presentations as part of 13 TED-Ed Club lessons, formally known as explorations, under the guidance of their teachers and Parliamentary Education Officer Conor Reale.

The presentations will take place in the Round Room of the Mansion House, the venue for the first public sitting of Dáil Éireann on January 21st 1919.

Following the event, the students’ presentations will be available for viewing on the TED-Ed Clubs’ channel on YouTube and on Oireachtas TV.

Their chosen topics include the power of democracy, the impact of social media and mobile phones, challenges in mental health services, coping with stress, sexual identity, and the relevance of education in the real world. 

Alex Kennedy, a student at Larkin Community College, Dublin 1, will present her topic, entitled ‘The power of labels’.