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APRIL
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1993
Former Judge Pleads for Adequate Child Detention Facilities
Delivering the annual keynote lecture
at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick
Children in Crumlin, recently, former
Judge of Dun Laoghaire District
Court,
Hubert Wine,
made an
impassioned plea for the immediate
provision of adequate, safe centres of
detention for disturbed young people.
Referring back to a case of a 15 year
old girl which had come before him
in September, 1989 when he had
refused to remand her to Mountjoy,
thus highlighting the lack of
detention facilities for emotionally
disturbed young girls, he recalled
that various Ministers had promised
that steps would be taken
immediately to provide adequate
detention facilities so that such a
situation would never recur. Judge
Wine asked what had been the
outcome of all the promises and
undertakings that had been made on
that occasion and since then.
He said previous Governments had
been well aware of shortfalls and
had been negligent to the extreme in
their duty by their omission to
introduce and fully implement new
child care and related legislation. He
called on the new Government to
take action immediately and not to
wait for a tragedy or to act only
when it would be too late. He made
the following suggestions to the
Ministers for Justice, Education and
Health.
1. The building of an immediate, safe
and therapeutic centre of detention
for emotionally disturbed young
girls, with expert psychiatrists,
psychologists, social workers and
officers looking after, not only the
safety of the young girls, but also
the safety of the staff.
2. The actual implementation - not
just enactment - without delay
of the proposed Juvenile Bill.
3. The immediate implementation of
the vital sections of the Child
Care Act, 1991.
4. The appointment of more Gardai,
vital in order to obtain the
maximum cooperation with
members of the public.
5. The appointment of an expert
who would discuss the scale of the
problem with each of the 48
Judges of the District Court
throughout the country. A
thorough investigation is required
in order to assess the numbers of
young people that have to be dealt
with.
Judge Wine called on the
Government to act on these
suggestions immediately.
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Registration of Title Act,
1964
Issue of New Land
Certificate
SADSI 1993
Paula Murphy,
who has been elected
Auditor of the Solicitors Apprentices
Debating Society of Ireland for
1992/93, reports on plans for the
year ahead.
"Central to SADSI's agenda this
year is the promotion of activities
which involve the greatest number of
apprentices throughout the country.
With this objective in mind I have
coopted a number of regional
representatives on to the Committee
including
John Gaffney
in Cork and
Riobaird Pearse
in Limerick.
"An extensive programme of events
has been arranged for the year
ranging from monthly debates, moot
courts, jobs forum, sports days and
our midsummer ball, together with a
weekend away in Cork or Galway.
Our first event was a SADSI 60s
Night which was held in Blackhall
Place on 19 February, the proceeds
of which will be given to the SADSI
Team who are taking part in the
finals of the International Jessop
Moot Court Competition in
Washington this March.
"We look forward to enjoying the
support of all apprentices
throughout the country during the
year.''
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PRACTICE REQUIRED
by existing firm currently practising
500 years from the Four Courts.
Please send details to Seán Whelan
& Company Chartered Accountants,
33 West!and Square, Dublin 2.
An application has been received from the
registered owner mentioned in the Schedule
hereto for the issue of a Land Certificate in
substitution for the original Land Certificate
issued in respect of the Lands specified in
the Schedule which original Land Certificate
is stated to have been lost or inadvertently
destroyed. A new Certificate will be issued
unless notification is received in the Registry
within twenty eight days from the date of
publication of the notice that the original
Certificate is in existence and in the custody
of some person other than the registered
owner. Any such notification should state
the grounds on which the Certificate is being
held.
Registrar of Titles,
Setanta Centre,
Nassau Buildings,
Nassau Street, Dublin 2.
SCHEDULE
Reod. Offner;
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor
Aldermen and Burgesses of Dublin.
Folio: 6480 County: Dublin.
Lands: Townland: Ballycoolen
Baronv: Castieknock
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