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GAZETTE
APRIL 1981
BAR ASSOCIATION NEWS
DUBLIN SOLICITORS' BAR ASSOCIATION
Officers and Council of the Association for the year
1980/81:
Andrew F. Smyth
President
Rory O'Donnell
Vice-President
Clare Cusack
Hon. Treasurer
Herbert Mulligan
Hon. Secretary
The remaining Council members of the Association
comprise:
Terence E. Dixon, Michael Farrell, Elma Lynch,
Stephen Maher, Vivian Matthews, Charles Meredith,
Barry O'Reilly, Colm Price and Laurence K. Shields.
The Association works through its various Sub-
Committees which, for 1981, have been appointed as
follows:
Conveyancing Committee —
Convener, Elma Lynch.
Rory O'Donnell, Charles Meredith, Colm Price,
Vivian Matthews and Herbert Mulligan.
Courts Committee/Litigation
—
Convener, Herbert
Mulligan.
Barry O'Reilly, Michael Farrell and Stephen Maher.
Co-opted Members: Kieran O'Brien and Declan
Sherlock.
Activities Committee —
Convener, Stephen Maher.
Terence Dixon, Laurence Shields, Clare Cusack,
Herbert Mulligan and John Buckley.
Costs Committee
— Convener, Barry O'Reilly.
Stephen Maher, Elma Lynch, Rory O'Donnell, John
Buckley, Rory O'Connor and Herbert Mulligan.
Publicity Officer
— Charles Meredith.
KERRY LAW SOCIETY
Kerry Law Society Officers for 1981 are —
Donal Browne
President
John J. O'Donnell
Vice-President
M. L. O'Connell
Chairman
Thomas J. O'Halloran
Hon. Secretary
The remaining Committee members are — William
Crowley, J. S. O'Reilly, Michael O'Connell, Timothy
Murphy, Michael Larkin, Donal Kelliher, Mary
Twomey, Michael O'Donnell and John Baily.
COUNTY AND CITY OF LIMERICK BAR
ASSOCIATION
The Officers of the Association for 1981 are —
Patrick Glynn
President
Gordon A. Holmes
Vice-President
Joseph Murphy
Treasurer
Michael D. Murray
Secretary
Gerry Yelverton
Asst. Secretary
The Committee comprises — Miss Kathy Carey, Messrs.
James G. Lyons, T. E. O'Donnell, J. R. Sweeney,
Michael J. O'Malley, Bobby Cussen and Robin Lee.
It is reported by the Association that, due to local
expansion at a more youthful level of the profession,
Soccer in Limerick has become a substantially more
hazardous occupation. In the past few years, a Legal
Team has been much in evidence, local stars including
Eugene Cash, Joe Murphy and Stephen Nicholas, ably
assisted by such veterans (locally described as geriatrics)
as Paddy Geraghty and Niall Sheehy.
SOUTHERN LAW ASSOCIATION
The Officers of the above Association elected for 1981
are:
Nicholas Comyn
President
Michael Enright
Vice-President
Grattan Roberts
Treasurer
Ms. Pauline Horgan
Hon. Secretary
The remaining Council members are — Brian Russell,
Frank Daly, Martin Sheehan, Basil Hegarty, G. John
Moloney, John L. Jermyn, John O'Meara, Raymond
O'Neill, Ms. Joan Nagle, Robert Flynn and Pat
McNally.
Recent activities of the Association included an attempt
to amend its Rules, in order to empower the imposition of
penalties but, for various reasons, the proposed
amendment was defeated.
The Association made representations on the Courts
Bill, and had its representation published in the Cork
Examiner, followed up by an interview on South Side,
R.T.E., Radio I.
The Association has also made representations to the
President of the High Court concerning the Jury List in
Cork, to the effect that no more than 12 or 15 cases
might be listed each day during the three-week Jury
Sessions in Cork, which was kindly put into effect by Mr.
Justice Finlay.
Further representation was made to Mr. Justice Finlay
concerning the "Cork Subpoena," which achieved, with
the utmost possible grace, a Cork Solution to a Cork
problem! If there is nothing legally preventing Subpoenas
from being served in the term before trials came on for
hearing, then Subpoenas should be so issued and served!
During the Jury Sessions in January 1981, the
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