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GAZETTE
A
PRIL
1990
Society of Young
Solicitors Thi rd
Joint Conference
The third Young Solicitors' Joint
Conference which was held at the
Great Southern Hotel, Eyre Square,
Galway, on 6th/8th April, 1990 was
a resounding success. The City of
the Tribes was the perfect venue for
the first Joint Conference to be held
in this jurisdiction and attracted
over 350 young solicitors from
Ireland, Scotland, England and
Wales.
Despite the rigours of the disco
and bar extension on Friday night,
there was an excellent attendance
for the very comprehensive lecture
given by Gerald FitzGerald on the
Saturday morning which was fol-
lowed by a very lively and
stimulating European Forum at
which the contributors were Greg
Myles (from Northern Ireland),
Michael Dean (a Scottish solicitor
practising in London) and Finbarr
Murphy.
Most delegates took advantage
of the fine weather and took part
in the activities organised during
the Saturday afternoon which in-
cluded a bus tour around
Connemara, a pub crawl/walking
tour of Galway and a tennis tourna-
ment. Some delegates were also
lucky enough to back the winner of
the Grand National.
The blood stream received
further sustenance at a pre-
banquet reception which was
generously sponsored by the Bank
of Ireland Group, followed by the
social centre-piece of the weekend,
the Gala Banquet, which took place
in the Ballroom. The Banquet,
which was attended by approxi-
mately 350 people, was regarded
as being the best for many years
and lasted until the not so small
hours of the morning!
Our guest of honour, Judge
Donal Barrington, attracted a very
good attendance on Sunday
morning for his entertaining and
illuminating talk on the Court of
First Instance of the European
Communities. The Conference
ended with a farewell lunch for our
overseas visitors. The Society's
thanks are due to our main spon-
sors, the Bank of Ireland Group
together with Butterworths, Sweet
& Maxwell, Law Placements and
Rochford Brady. In addition to the
Sub-Committee who toiled to make
the weekend such a successful
one, our thanks are also due to Eva
Tobin who did so much work on the
ground in Galway and to Richard
Devereux, Brian MacBride and
Brian Speers who managed to
persuade so many young solicitors
to travel to Galway and also organ-
ised their travelling arrangements.
The next SYS weekend is also a
Joint Conference, this time with
Members of the Young Bar, to be
held at Jury's Hotel Cork on
9th-11th November, 1990.
(Left to Right): Colin Sainsbury — Vice Chairman, Society of Young
Solicitors; Brian Lindermann — President, Scottish Young Lawyers
Association; Katherine Dalahunt — Chairman, Society of Young
Solicitors; Brian Spears — Chairman, Northern Ireland Young
Solicitors Group.
(Left to Right): Katherine Dalahunt - Chairman, Society of Young
Solicitors; Mr. Justice Donal Barrington — Judge of the Court of
First Instance of the European Communities; Eva Tobin - Solicitor;
Joe Daly - Investment Bank of Ireland, Galway.
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