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Aibhlin OĠLeary and Anne OĠDonavan from Colaiste na Toirbhirte, Bandon,
Co Cork pictured as they learning that they are the winners of the Portobello College Annual Mock Trials Competition 2007. The Trial will be presided over by a Divisional Court comprising Mr. Justice Peter Kelly, a Judge of the High Court, Mr. Justice John McMenamin, a Judge of the High Court and Ms. Justice Miriam Reynolds, a Judge of the Circuit Court. The Portobello College Mock Trials Competition involves Transition Year students in mock court trials where students assume the roles of solicitors, barristers, jurors, witnesses and court reporters, forming a team of seventeen from each school. The tournament is the most popular team competition for transition year in the country. Its purpose is to allow secondary school students from all over Ireland to gain a first hand understanding of how our legal system works. Pic Paul Sharp