Limerick teens encouraged to apply for ActionTalks speech-writing competition

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YOUNG speechwriters across Limerick are invited to show off their rhetorical skills at โ€˜ActionTalksโ€™, a speech-writing competition for 14 to 18-year-olds passionate about making a difference in the world around them.

This yearโ€™s themes for the 11th annual ‘ActionTalks’ tackles global issues of inequity relating to the climate crisis, womenโ€™s leadership in emergencies, and the role of overseas aid and womenโ€™s rights organisations.

With generous prizes up for grabs โ€” including a โ‚ฌ500 voucher for the national winner โ€” finalists will compete in March judged by an expert panel.

For more information or to apply, visit actionaid.ie/speech-writing-competition.

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