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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER
1989
First Irish Law Book
in Braille launched
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The first book on Irish law in braille
format for blind and visually
impaired persons was launched
recently by Mr. Tim Dalton, Asst.
Secretary, Department of Justice.
The book is the braille edition of
"A Dictionary of Irish Law" by
Henry Mu r doch BL, w i t h a
Foreword by The Hon. Thomas A.
Finlay, Chief Justice, and published
by Topaz Publications, Dun
Laoghaire. Mr. Murdoch is chairman
of "Irish Blindcraft".
The braille edition comes in 18
volumes with over 1,700 pages. It
has been produced on a non-
commercial basis. At the launch,
comp l imen t a ry copies
were
presented to a blind student of law
and to three rehabilitation libraries.
The braille project was spon-
sored by the Bank of Ireland. The
books were produced by the
computerised braille unit of Arbour
Hill Prison.
Complimentary copies of the
braille edition were presented to:
(a)
Mr. Richard Daly,
Student
law clerk, Regional Technical
College, Waterford and former
student of St. Joseph's School
for the Blind and Rosmini
College, Drumcondra, Dublin;
(b)
Mr. Oliver Coffey,
Chairman
of the National Council of the
Blind for their library at
Whitworth Road, Drumcondra,
Dublin;
(c)
Ms. Margaret O'Leary,
Re-
habilitation & Personnel Exec-
utive of the Rehabilitation
Institute, for their library at
Roslyn Park, Sandymount,
Dublin;
(d)
Mr. Eric Doyle,
Chairman of
the National Rehabilitation
Board, for their library at Clyde
Road, Dublin.
The author,
Henry Murdoch,
said that he hoped the braille
edition would encourage other
authors and publishers to explore
the possibility of braille production
of their books, now that the latest
t echno l ogy had made such
production relatively easy. He
particularly thanked the staff of
Arbour Hill Prison who had taken to
the project with such enthusiasm.
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At the launch of the Braille edition of
"A Dictionary of Irish Law"
on 31st
May, 1989 - (left to right): Richard Daly, Student Law Clerk; Henry
Murdoch, Author; James J. Ivers, Director General - Incorporated Law
Society of Ireland.