The Gazette 1994

GAZETTE

APRIL 1994

N E W S

SADSI Deba t es Jo i nt Dec l ara t i on

The main events of the past month were a very well-received debate on the Downing Street Declaration on February 23 in Trinity College, and a Karaoke night which was held on March 2 in the Oliver St. John Gogarty pub in Temple Bar. Many thanks to Michael Lynn (PRO) and Ethna McDonald (Secretary) for their input to these events. The motion for the debate was "that this house believes that the Joint Declaration is a recipe for Irish Unity." The speakers were Jonathan Stephenson (SDLP), Dr. Chris McGimpsey (UUP), Eamon O 'Cuiv (FF), Maurice Manning (FG) and Stephen O'Byrnes (PD). The debate attracted a large attendance and received impressive media coverage. Niamh Reedy, Solicitor, and Emma Crowley, Solicitor, (both of A&L Goodbody) are participating in a charity fun run in Helsinki in May, 1994 in aid of the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust. They made the decision to take part in the fundraising run when their colleague, Solicitor Rodney Overend, was diagnosed with leukaemia in June, 1993 for which he is still being treated. Like much in Irish medicine, State funding is insufficient to provide an adequate service to deal with the incidence of leukaemia in Ireland. The Trust has worked in close association with St. James's Hospital in Dublin (the principal centre in Ireland for the treatment of leukaemia and associated diseases) to provide bone marrow transplantation, the most modern and effective type of treatment. The Trust has also supported the research efforts of the Department of Haematology at St. James's, led by Professor Shaun McCann, into more effective ways of carrying out bone marrow transplantation and better ways of

It received publicity in all the national newspapers and was also recorded by the BBC for their "On The Record" and "Spotlight" programmes. This debate was guaranteed its success by the hard work and dedication of Michael Lynn and John Menton (Education). SADSI are planning to host another debate later in the year. In relation to the Karaoke night, a great time was had by all who attended, both on and off the stage. In fact, for some of the amateur singers amongst us, the excitement of stardom became so much it became difficult, as the evening wore on, to retrieve the microphones! The spectators looked on and laughed, longing to put their vocal chords to good use, but unfortunately making it to the bar

before the stage, with obvious consequences! There were great spot prizes for those who had provided the best entertainment of the evening. Many thanks to all those entertainers and to our sponsors of the evening. Finally, as pointed out in last month's column, every year SADSI compiles an accommodation register to help apprentices seeking short-term accommodation while attending courses at Blackhall Place. At the moment there is an acute shortage of such accommodation and SADSI would encourage anyone who has accommodation to offer to contact Fidelma McManus at (01) 6763721.

Barbara Loft us Paul Lavery.

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S o l i c i t o rs Run f o r B o ne M a r r o w T r u s t

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Left to right: Niamh Reidy, Rodney Overend and Emma Crowley.

assessing the results. The Minister for Health, Brendan Howlin TD, recently laid the foundation stone for a new £2.98m. bone marrow/oncology/ haematology unit at St. James's and the Trust is currently seeking to raise funds towards equipping the unit.

be made by cheque or money order in favour of the Bone Marrow Fun Run 1994 and either sent directly to the Trust at Apt. 11, St. James's Court, 151- 153 James's Street, Dublin 8 or lodged in the Trust's Helsinki Fun Run 1994 deposit account at AIB, Clonskeagh, Dublin 14 (account number 15489090, sort code 93-11-87). •

Donations would be welcomed and may

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