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GAZETTE
FEBRUARY
1989
Younger Members' News
REVIEW OF MI LLENNIUM LEGAL YEAR
(with particular emphasis on activities of the Younger Members)
JANUARY
Saw a delegation of 30 lawyers
visit the Institutions of the EEC in
Luxemburg, Strasburg and Paris. A
working knowledge of the legal
system of one country was
acquired by some representatives!
The YMC, through the tireless
efforts of Justin Condon and
Bernadette Owens, held two very
successful table quizes in Cork and
Tullamore respectively.
FEBRUARY
Brought another successful YMC
table quiz organised by Helen Doyle
in the Ardree Hotel in Waterford.
MARCH
Saw the students of the fifteenth
professional course return to
Blackhall Place (and to Bill!)
Wedding fever started as Stanley
Watson (14th Prof. Course) walked
down the aisle.
APRIL
Toasted the final countrywide table
quizes organised by the Younger
Members. Approximately 350
people attended the quiz at the
Royal Marine Hotel in Dun
Laoghaire with our own version of
the Eurovision Duo, Mrs. Moya
Quinlan and Mr. Gerard Griffin
acting
as
Quiz
Masters,
Auctioneers (without a licence) and
comperes. This month also boasted
a very successful SYS Seminar in
Galway with many of the attend-
ance finishing the weekend in
Morans of the Weir. Wedding Bells
for Stephanie Power (15th Prof.
Course) and Elizabeth Fitzjohn
(16th Prof. Course).
MAY
Was the month of the Annual
Conference in Cork and also the
month in which approx. 55
solicitors were presented with their
parchments by President, Mr. Tom
Shaw.
JUNE
Brought the 5th successful Co-
operation North Maracycle and was
the second cycle in which funds
were raised for the Benevolent
Fund. Some participants are
rumoured to have been sighted
smoking cigarettes while on the
bike!
JULY
Saw the departure of YMC
Committee member, Roddy Bourke
to London. Earlier in the year
another Committee Member,
Richard Devereux, also left for
London and both were hard-
working and dedicated members of
the YMC. We understand they are
both doing extremely well and wish
them continued success.
AUGUST
Witnessed many a legal eagle tie
the knot! This month saw the
weddings of younger members of
the profession such as Marie-
Christine Dennis (13th Prof.
Course); Andy Muckian (14th Prof.
Course); Fiona Daly (14th Prof.
Course) and also Brendan Cahill
and Barbara Shelly who met and
started courting on the 14th
Professional Course. And our YMC
Committee Member Helen Doyle
(Wexford) was also married in August.
SEPTEMBER
Was an active month for the YMC!
On the 3rd, the Committee held its
annual Soccer Blitz in Blackhall
Place and this year was designated
. . . . yes . . . you guessed . . .
"The YMC Millennium Soccer
Blitz"! This year's event was won
by Messrs. John P. Carroll and Co.,
captained by John McCarthy. On
the 7th of the month the Council of
the Law Society unanimously
passed the Committee's Motion
that the recommended salary scale
for newly qualified Solicitors be
increased to £10,000 - £11,000.
Wedding fever continued as Deirdre
Giblin (14th Prof. Course) tied the
knot.
OCTOBER
Saw President Shaw in action
again for the delivery of approx-
imately 50 parchments. This month
also saw the return of approx. 78
students
from
the
16th
Professional Course to Blackhall
Place for their final stint on the
Advanced Course (without Raphael
King, who departed en famille
during the summer to the exotic
Turk and Caicos Islands). Ms. Cathy
O'Brien is the new face for the
Advanced Course students.
NOVEMBER
Brought the end of the Law
Society's "year" and the end of his
term for the poll-topping Mr. Tom
Shaw as President of the Law
Society. This year's President, Mr.
Maurice Curran, was elected. The
Council elections brought three
newly elected members for the
year 1988-89 in the persons of
Justin McKenna, Liam O'Brien and
Miriam Reynolds.
DECEMBER
is DECEMBER! End-of-year drinks
as we wave goodbye to the
Millennium Year and look back on
our achievements (or otherwise!)
for 1988.
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A T T E N T I ON
YOUNGER M E M B E R S!
The YMC are endeavouring to
establish a network system through-
out the country. It is envisaged that
a YMC officer be elected in each
county to communicate with an
individual YMC member who in
turn meets with the full committee
on a monthly basis.
The objective is to improve the
YMC by making it more represent-
ative of the views and more aware
of the issues affecting the younger
members of the profession.
If you are interested and would
like to represent your local area,
please submit your name to Ms.
Sandra Fisher, Law Society, Black-
hall Place, Dublin 7,
or
Ms. Miriam
Reynolds, Hayes & Son, 15 St.
Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, before
Friday, 24th February, 1989.
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