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GAZETTE
depression and sometimes even
suicide.
Repatriation of Irish prisoners under
the provisions of the Transfer
Convention will undoubtedly
promote and encourage rehabilitation
of offenders and alleviate the
burden of financial and physical
hardship and stress borne by their
families here.
Though the Minister for Justice
preserves her discretion in the Act to
grant or refuse an application or
her consent to an application, as the
case may be, there is a commitment
to transparency and equity in the
operation of the Convention and a
decision to refuse her consent
must be notified in writing to the
affected party. Subject to
limitations referred to above, the
Minister must specify grounds for
any refusal.
Section I 1 of the Act requires the
Minister to make a report to each
House of the Oireachtas on the
operation of the Act during the
preceding year. The Report must be
furnished within four months after the
end of each year from 31 December.
1995. The Report must include
information in relation to each
implication made during the year
under the Act.
The ratification of the Transfer
Convention should go some way
towards alleviating the growing sense
of despair and isolation so keenly fell
by this often forgotten constituency ot
the Irish Diaspora.
Maire R. Whelan, B.L., holds a
Masters Degree from University of
London, King's College. She is a
practising
Barrister.
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Prize Bond Winners 1995
£ 1 , 0 0 0 - F i r st Prize:
James O'Dwyer
Arthur Cox
41-45 St. Stephen's Green
Dublin 2
Thomas A. Menton
O'Keeffe & Lynch
30 Molesworth Street
Dublin 2
Nicholas P.J. Shee
John Shee & Company
28 Parnell Street
Clonmel
Co Tipperary
£500 - Second Prize:
Garrett P. Lombard
Lombard & Cullen
Market Square
Gorey
Co Wexford
William J. McGuire
McKeever Rowan
34 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
John V. Kelly
John V. Kelly & Company
Church Street
Cavan
Ernest J. Margetson
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
3 Burlington Road
Dublin 4
£250 - Third Prize:
Denis McDowell
John J. McDowell & Company
36 Fitzwilliam Square
Dublin 2
P. Laurence Murphy
"Inishfree"
9 Deerpark
Castleknock Road
Dublin 15
Christopher Beatty
Tig-Mo-Croi
Glenamuck Road
Carrickmines
Dublin 18
John G. Lanigan
John Lanigan & Nolan
Abbey Bridge
Dean Street
Kilkenny
Patrick McEntee
Tullyherim House
Tullyherim
Monaghan
MEETING WITH SOLICITOR TDs
Left to right: Alan Shutter, TD (Dublin South); The President of the Law Society, Andrew F.
Smyth; Charles Flanagan, TD (Laois-Offaly) and Jim O'Keeffe, TD (Cork South-West) pictured
prior to a meeting between certain solicitor TDs and members of the Law Society Parliamentary
and Law Reform Committee at Blackhall Place on 1 February, 1996.
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