The Gazette 1994

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GAZETTE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1994
C o n c e r n ed L a w y e r s Ra i se £ 1 2 , 0 0 0
f o r t h e H ome l e ss
At the wine and cheese party run by CLASP were l-r: Don Tidey, Company Chairman
and Chief Executive, Quinnsworth; Frank Clarke, SC, Chairman of the Bar Council;
Joan Burton, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Social Welfare and The Hon.
Mr. Justice Hugh O'Flaherty.
CLASP (Concerned Lawyers
Association for the Alleviation of Social
Problems) held a very successful wine
and cheese party on 17 December last in
order to raise funds to aid the homeless.
Over £12,000 was raised from the
function and all proceeds will be
donated to the Salvation Army for its
new £4.5m Granby Centre Project
which will house more than 100 people.
The centre is expected to open in
February, 1994.
Guest of honour at the function was
Joan Burton TD, Minister of State at the
Department of Social Welfare. The Bar
Choral Society provided the evening's
entertainment. CLASP would like to
thank all those who supported the
venture and made donations. CLASP's
fund-raising target for this project is
£20,000 and thus, if any member of the
legal professions would like to make a
donation, it would be gratefully
received and can be forwarded to Rita
Walsh, Tel: 7024600 at the Law
Library, Four Courts, Dublin 7.
Among the organisations already helped
by CLASP's fund-raising activities are
Focus Point, which provides help for
the homeless and in particular, homeless
young people; the St. Vincent's Trust in
Henrietta Street, which provides a day
training centre for approximately 65
young people, many of whom have
been involved in crime; the Jesuit
Centre for Faith and Justice, which runs
three hostels for homeless boys on the
Northside of the City of Dublin;
Exchange House, run by the Dublin
Committee for the Travelling People,
which provides education and training
for the travelling community and the
Merchant's Quay, (Dublin) Project,
which addresses the problems facing
the victims of AIDS and their families.
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L a w b r i e f - Continued
excerpts of past opinions, writings or
speeches.
During the Reagan-Bush years, liberal
stacks on judicial and Justice j
Department nominees instigated the J
forking phenomenon. However, now J
despite the protest about liberal j
tactics, conservatives in the United
States are putting together what has
been described as a potent borking
Machine. Apparently Republican
Senator aides compile negative j
dossiers on nominees; like-minded
outside groups endeavour to stir up
what may be described as "grass
roots" opposition and conservative
journalists are given the negative
dossiers. All simultaneously raise
alarms which can have a potent
effect.
The borking phenomenon is unknown
in Ireland because it is the
Government of the day that appoints
persons to the Bench and nobody gets
an opportunity to bork or to comment
in any manner in advance in relation
to such appointments. •
C o m p e n s a t i on F u n d
P a y m e n t s -
D e c e m b e r , 1 9 93
The following claim amounts were
admitted by the Compensation Fund
Committee and approved for payment
by the Council of the Law Society at its
meeting in December, 1993.
The name of the solicitor in respect of
whom the claim occurred is listed in the
left hand column.
IR£
Christopher Forde, 25,929.68
52, O'Connell Street,
Ennis,
Co. Clare.
John Kiernan Brennan, 3,743.27
Mayfield,
Enniscorthy,
Co. Wexford.
James C. Glynn,
Dublin Road,
Tuam,
Co. Galway.
Peter J. Smith,
41 Arran Quay,
Dublin 7.
Conor Killeen &
Elio Maloeco
Chatham House,
Chatham Street,
Dublin 2.
St. John M. Donovan, 6,689.89
"Lawcus",
Stoneyford,
Co. Kilkenny.
Robert Coffey, 530.00
22 Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2.
120,459.91
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London West End Solicitors will
advise and undertake UK related
matters. All areas -
Corporate/Private Client. Resident
Irish Solicitor. Reciprocal
arrangement and fee sharing
envisaged. Agency work also.
Contact Ellis & Fairbairn, 26 Old
Brompton Road, South Kensington,
London SW7 3 DL. Tel. 0044-71-
589-0141. Fax. .
24,917.57
1,149.50
57,500.00
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