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GAZETTE
N E W S
APRIL 1994
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.
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
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
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.
Donations would be welcomed and may
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).
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Left to right: Niamh Reidy, Rodney Overend and Emma Crowley.
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