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but the justified complaint of the learned President
refers to an abuse of long standing.
I hope that
the Bar Associations will take this matter into con
sideration. Everything which tends to keep, or
perhaps 1 should say, to make our equal rights of
audience in the Circuit Court a reality ought to be
studied by all our professional organisations with
jealous care.
May I take the opportunity to follow the example
of my distinguished predecessors in office by com
mending to your active support
the Solicitors'
Benevolent Association ?
Finally, let me say that it would be wearisome
were I to endeavour to deal with all the subjects
which have occupied your Council during the half-
year. Suffice it to say that no meeting passes without
many questions that vitally affect your interests
being discussed and action promptly taken where
possible. I would like, before closing, to pay tribute
to the exemplary attendance of country members,
and to the efficiency of our Secretary and the staff
generally which have gone far to lighten the burden
of an office which, much as I appreciate the con
fidence shown by my colleagues in electing me, I
took up with much apprehension and a lively sense
of my inadequacy to discharge it, as the members
deserve to have it discharged.
Mr. Desmond Moran addressed the meeting on
the inconvenience of the present arrangement of
the Law Sittings. The President stated that the
matter would receive the attention of the Council.
On the motion of Mr. Hayes, the Chairman
vacated the chair which was taken by Mr. Quirke,
Vice-President.
Mr. Hayes then proposed a vote of thanks to the
Chairman for his address and for his conduct at the
meeting which was carried with acclamation. The
President replied and the proceedings terminated.
COUNCIL DINNER
ON Thursday,
2 znd April,
the President and
members of the Council gave a Dinner in the
Members' Hall.
The following were present:—
An Taoiseach, Mr. John A. Costello, S.C.;
Lt.-Gen. Scan MacEoin, Minister for Justice; Mr.
Daniel Morrissey, Minister for Industry and Com
merce ;
the Hon. Conor A. Maguire, Chief Justice ;
the Hon. George Gavan Duffy, President of the
High Court;
the Hon. Mr. Justice Kingsmill
Moore;
the Hon. Mr. Justice Murnaghan;
the
Hon. Mr. Justice O'Byrne;
the Hon. Mr. Justice
Martin Maguire;
the Hon. Mr. Justice Kevin
Dixon;
the Hon. Mr. Justice Haugh ;
the Hon.
Mr. Justice Shannon ; His Hon. Judge McCarthy;
Mr. Cecil Lavery, S.C., Attorney General;
the
President, Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh; Mr. J. R.
Quirke, Vice-President; Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly;
Mr. L. E. O'Dea ; Mr. J. Travers Wolfe ; Mr. H. P.
Mayne ; Mr. G. A. Overend ; Mr. Charles Laverty ;
Mr. Gill, President Royal College of Surgeons ; Mr.
W. S. Huggard; Mr. W. P. Stevens ; Mr. P. J.
Murphy, Finance Solicitor; Mr. J. P. Tyrrell;
Mr.
Scanlon, Examiner, High Court;
Mr.
McCracken, Dublin County Sheriff; District Justice
O'Sullivan; Prof. Tierney, President University
College, Dublin; Mr. Charles MacLaughlin; Mr.
MacCormac, President, Association of Certified and
Corporate Accountants ;
Mr. R. J. Nolan; Mr.
Davy, B.L.; Mr. Scan A. 6 hUadhaigh; Mr.
Doyle, Official Assignee; Mr. Bell, President,
Society of Incorporated Accountants ;
Mr. Basil
Thompson ; Dr. Solomons, President, Royal College
of Physicians ; Mr. J.
S.
O'Connor; Mr. Joyce,
President, Insurance Institution ; Mr. T. A. O'Reilly;
Mr. O'Byrne, Registrar of Titles ; District Justice
Mangan; Mr. Peter O'Connor; Mr. Collins,
Secretary, Department of Local Government; Mr.
George Murnaghan; Mr. Lysaght, Solicitor, Dept.
of Posts and Telegraphs; Dr. Webb, Registrar,
Wards of Court; Mr. F. J. Gearty; Mr. H. St.
J. Blake; Master Kennedy; Mr. J. P. Carrigan;
Mr. Casey, Head, Estate Duty Office; Mr. King-
French, Chairman, Dublin Stock Exchange; Mr.
E. J. Murphy, Registrar, High Court; Mr. Daniel
O'Connell; Mr. J. C. Taylor; Mr. Kirkpatrick,
Chairman, Dublin Chamber of Commerce; Mr.
Niall Gaffney; Mr. Murtagh, Examiner, High
Court; Mr. Jameson, President, Dublin Solicitors'
Bar Association; Master O'Hanlon; Mr. P. R.
Boyd; Mr. Rice, Chairman, Revenue Commis
sioners ;
Mr. Curran, Registrar of the Supreme
Court; Mr. J. J. Bolger ; Mr. McNulty, President,
Irish Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Association;
Mr.
Joseph Barrett; Mr.
Samuel Cumming,
President, Incorporated Law Society of Northern
Ireland; Mr. O'Donoghue, S.C. ;
Mr. Purtill,
Vice-President, Institute of Chartered Accountants ;
Mr. Dwyer, County Registrar ; Mr. S. O'Connor,
Dublin City Sheriff; Mr. Forbes, S.C.; Mr. Coyle,
President, Institute of Bankers ; Mr. W. J. Norman ;
Mr. Roger Greene; Mr. Geary, Solicitor, Irish
Land Commission; Mr. R. B. Mayne, Secretary,
Incorporated Law Society, Northern Ireland; Mr.
S. McDonnell; Mr. J. Flood; Dr. Quirke; Mr.
Commissioner O'Sheil; Mr. J. J. Dunne; Mr.
O'Cleirigh, County Registrar; Mr. W. L. Duggan ;
Mr. D. P. Shaw; the Secretary; Mr. S. Mooney.
The toast of " Ireland" was given by
the
President and honoured. The toast of " the Bench
and Bar" was proposed by Mr. Henry St. J.
Blake. The Chief Justice replied on behalf of the
Bench and the Attorney-General on behalf of the Bar.
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