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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.

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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