GAZETTE
N E W S
JUNE 1994
The
Sunday Business Post,
for an
article by
Frank Connolly,
entitled
The Trauma of the Tallaght Two
published on 27 June 1993. The
judges praised the article for its
"detailed examination of the facts and
opinions surrounding this complex
and disturbing case. The author of the
article sifted through a complex set of
facts, many of which are still in
dispute, and explained the intricacies
of the law without losing sight of the
personal traumas for all concerned in
this sad case." The award was
accepted by
Aileen O'Toole,
News
Editor, The
Sunday Business Post
and
the journalist
Frank Connolly.
Poolbeg Press for the book entitled
The Kilkenny Incest Case
by
Kieron
Wood.
The judges said "this intensely
personal history of the victim's
sixteen years of systematic rape and
brutalisation by her father and the
process by which the law, however
belatedly and inadequately, came to
her aid made a riveting and shocking
read. The sensitivity and restraint with
which the author presented this
nightmarish story was particularly
impressive." The award was accepted
by the author,
Kieron Wood,
who is
the Legal Affairs Correspondent
at RTE.
Professor Brian Farrell who addressed the
Justice Media Awards
Ceremony.
Six Certificates of Merit were
awarded to:
The Kerryman
for an article by
Catherine Halloran
entitled
Gardai
Welcome New Powers under Terms of
Public Order Act,
published in
The
Kerryman
on 22 April 1994.
The Sunday Press
for an article by
Richard Balls
entitled
Taxpayers Pay
for Court Circus,
published in
The
Sunday Press
on 31 October 1993.
The Irish Times
for an article by
Dick
Hogan
entitled
The Tomlins Want to
Know Why Their Beautiful Children
Died,
published on 3 September 1993.
The Irish Independent
for an article by
Liz Allen
entitled
I, The Jury,
published on 18 March 1994.
Consumer Choice
Magazine for two
articles entitled
Anyone Cry Freedom?
by
Colman Higgins
and
Your Rights in
the Family
by
Anne O'Carroll
published in
Consumer Choice
in June
1993 and April 1994 respectively.
The awards ceremony was addressed
by Professor
Brian Farrell,
author and
broadcaster, who said journalists and
lawyers had a common concern in
dealing with the truth.
The President of the Law Society,
Michael V O'Mahony,
congratulated
the winners and commented that the
Law Society itself was endeavouring
to be more open and transparent in the
manner in which it regulated the
solicitors' profession and
communicated with the press and the
public. He said he hoped that the
competition would assist in generating
public interest in law and would
encourage the media to examine legal
issues in detail.
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T o A G o r n o t t o A G
Following advertisements in the
national newspapers of a vacancy for a
fourth legal assistant in the office of
the Attorney General which stipulated
that applicants must be barristers, the
President of the Law Society, wrote to
the Minister for Equality and Law
Reform,
Mervyn Taylor
TD, saying
that he could see no reason why
solicitors should not be eligible for the
position. The President pointed out
that alongside the advertisement for
the Attorney General's office was an
advertisement for a legal adviser in the
Department of Social Welfare for
which solicitors were eligible to
compete. "Having regard to the
description of the duties of the post in
the Attorney General's office in the
advertisement, 1 can see no reason
why solicitors should not be eligible.
Indeed, I know of many excellent
young solicitors who would be
eminently suitable to do work of this
nature," said the President.
The President informed the Minister
that the Society had taken up the
matter in the past with the Attorney
General, when previous competitions
had been advertised, but without
success. The President said that he
was now writing to the Minister since
what was at stake was "essentially an
issue of equality of opportunity for
solicitors".
The President of the Society also
wrote in similar terms to
Ruari Quinn,
Minister for Enterprise and
Employment, who is responsible for
competition policy.
(see also
Viewpoint
on page 209)
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