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The Midland Circuit Golf Alliance
President
Captain
Judge Matthew Deery
Alan Mitchell
Fixture Calendar 1993
County Roscommon: Roscommon Golf Club - Wednesday, 26 May, 1993
Organiser:
Terence O'Keeffe
(0903) 26239.
County Longford:
The Captain's Prize (Alan Mitchell) County
Longford Golf Club - Thursday, 17 June, 1993
Organiser:
Alan Mitchell
(043) 41541.
County Sligo:
The President's Prize (Judge Deery) County Sligo
Golf Club - Thursday, 1 July, 1993
Organiser:
Sean Mc Ternan
(071) 42626
County Westmeath: Mullingar Golf Club - Tuesday, 13 July, 1993.
Organiser:
Paddy Caulfield
(044) 48412
The July Cup
Athlone Golf Club - Wednesday, 21 July, 1993
Organiser:
Paul Connellan (0902) 72010.
Details and times of each outing may be obtained from the organiser of
that outing.
The Registrar's Cup
Holder: Raymond
Groarke
The Registrar's Cup will be presented to the individual with the highest
aggregate stableford points from three outings including "The July Cup".
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New Law Society Telephone
and Fax Numbers
One of our difficulties is that
members of the profession frequently
see the critical remarks in the media
but often not the Society's response.
The Society rarely, except for good
reason, lets anything pass and, in the
future, we intend to publish on a
monthly basis in the
Gazette
a
summary of the main events of the
previous month concerning the
Society in the media. That will help
to keep members aware of what we
are doing.
The meeting of the Dublin Solicitors
Bar Association attempted to address
the question of whether there was a
future for the single practitioner. My
answer is that, of course, there is.
The single practitioner has been, and
will continue to be, the mainstay of
the profession in the small towns
and villages of Ireland. We have,
however, a very high level of single
practitioners and there is nothing
wrong with suggesting that it might
not be a bad thing if, over time,
there were fewer new single
practitioners coming into the market
or suggesting more amalgamations.
The crucial issue for the future, in
my view, is the quality of the legal
service that practitioners of all sizes
will provide. The consumers of legal
services are more discerning than
ever and are looking increasingly to
the profession for quality at a
competitive price. More and more of
our larger corporations, both public
and private, will be asking legal
firms to tender for business and
there is little doubt that practices
will not survive unless they can
remain competitive. The future lies
with those who recognise this
now
and prepare. Better practice
management and a sharpened
awareness of the financial aspects of
managing expensive resources will be
needed as never before. There
certainly is a very doubtful future in
the profession for those who, to
borrow a metaphor, sit around
cursing the darkness rather than
lighting a candle.
Noel C. Ryan
Director General
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Readers are requested to note that
with effect from 24 April last, the
telephone and fax numbers of the
Law Society acquired an extra digit.
The new numbers are as follows:-
Law Society, Telephone 6710711
Law Society, Fax 6710704
President/Director General's Office,
Fax: 6710136
Library, Fax 6770511
Education/Law School, Fax 6710064
Law Society, Manor St., Telephone
8681220
Law Society Four Courts Office,
Telephone 6681806
Law Society Four Courts Office, Fax
8735615
Add the prefix 01 if dialling from
outside the Dublin area.
Please note that the fax number
quoted on page 118 of the April,
1993 issue of the
Gazette
is
incorrect.
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