Students from Falcarragh, Co Donegal, won the final of the national Mock Trial Competition in the Four Courts in Dublin yesterday before the Chief Justice, Mr Ronan Keane, Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman of the Supreme Court and Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the High Court.
The runners-up in the competition, sponsored by the law firm A & L Goodbody and promoted by the organisation Public Access to Law, were students from Mount Anville in Dublin. The competition attracted entrants from more than 100 second-level schools throughout the State.