On Friday 27th October Carrickfergus College Sixth Form pupils Adam McMeekin, Christian Shanks and Jason Allen represented the school at the Mock Council of the European Union held in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Stormont.
This prestigious event was organized by the British Council and twenty eight schools from across Northern Ireland were invited to take part. The College pupils represented the views of Cyprus during the debates on the EU’s approach to the Financial Crisis, Global Warming and Combating Poverty.
College pupil Jason Allen was one of the lucky ones chosen to put a question to the Minister
The students really enjoyed participating and learnt much about the process of political debate as each school represented one of the twenty seven member states and had to think and present from the perspective of other European countries.An unexpected highlight of the day however was the appearance of Education Minister Catriona Ruane in the chamber. College pupil Jason Allen was one of the lucky ones chosen to put a question to the Minister, asking for her opinion on recent comments by the first Minister Peter Robinson regarding integrated education.
