185 / 322
GAZETTE
JULY/AUGIJST 1984
Correspondence
The Editor,
Law Society Gazette,
Blackhall Place,
Dublin 7.
26th June, 1984
Dear Sir,
re: Abbeyfield (Dublin) Society Limited
Members may recall that the May issue of the
Gazette,
in its report of the Annual General Meeting of the
Solicitors' Benevolent Association, referred to the
interest taken by the Association in the Abbeyfield
(Dublin) Society Limited.
Those who are interested will be pleased to know that
the first Abbeyfield House to be set up in the Republic of
Ireland was officially opened by President Hillery on
Saturday, 23rd of June.
The house, situate on the Howth Road, accommodates
six active elderly people.
It provides a special type of accommodation for elderly
people bridging the gap between living in a private house
and going into an old persons home.
Residents furnish their own rooms and are independent
in every respect but share a common sitting room and
dining room and take their two main meals together as a
community.
There is a resident housekeeper who is responsible for
the day to day running of the house and she is backed up
by a House Committee.
The overall running of the Society is the responsibility
of the Executive Committee which is drawn from all
walks of life. The Chairman is Edward Donelan, Barrister
and there are two accountants, two Solicitors and the
Rev. Stanley Baird on the Executive Committee.
The house is equipped with the latest smoke and fire
detectors and is carefully adapted to meet the special
needs of elderly people.
Members will be interested to know that funds for the
purchase and conversion of the house have come from a
variety of sources including private individuals, the
Parish of St. Barnabas and North Strand, Drumcondra,
The Presbyterian Association and the Solicitors'
Benevolent Association.
By virtue of the sponsorship of the Solicitors'
Benevolent Association that Society has the right to
nominate two of the residents and a representative on the
Executive Committee.
The Society is a voluntary body and has no full time
staff other than the housekeeper and her relief house-
keeper. It receives no state funds. Once the Society has
paid off its debts on the Howth Road House, it hopes to
open other houses in Dublin and in other parts of the
country. Already there are groups working towards the
opening of a house in Navan, Co. Meath, in Sandycove,
Co. Dublin and in Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin.
The opening of an Abbeyfield house in Dublin
represents an important new departure in providing
sensible accommodation for elderly people in Dublin.
Abbeyfield is a means by which the community as a whole
can help individuals who are alone and vulnerable.
Yours sincerely,
Thelma King,
Solicitor,
15 St. Stephen's Green, N., Dublin 2.
Medico-Legal Society
of Ireland
The Annual General Meeting of The Medico-Legal
Society of Ireland in the offices of The Irish
Medical Organisation, 10 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 (by
kind permission) on Monday the 7th May 1984. The
President, Miss Carmel Killeen, Solicitor, took the Chair.
The Officers and Council of the Society elected for the
year 1984-1985 are as follows:
Patron:-
Professor P.D.J. Holland,
President:-
Dr. Sarah Rogers,
Immediate Past President:-
Miss Carmel Killeen,
Solicitor,
Vice Presidents:-
Mr. Brian Murphy, Solicitor, Mr.
Leslie Kearon, Solicitor,
Hon. Secretary:-
Mr. Eamonn Hall, Solicitor,
Hon. Treasurer:-
Miss Cliona O'Tuama, Solicitor,
Hon. Auditor:-
Mr. Tony Browne,
Medical:-
Dr. Robert Towers, Dr. Liam Daly, Dr.
Declan Gilsenan, Dr. J. Harbison, Dr. Seamus
Ryan,
Legal:-
District Justice Cassidy, Mr. Denis Greene,
Solicitor, Mr. Raymond Downey, Solicitor, Miss
Thelma King, Solicitor, Miss Mary McMurrough
Murphy B.L., Mr. Brendan Garvan, Solicitor,
Forensic Scientists:-
Dr. Sheila Willis.
The Society's programme for the year 1984-1985
commencing in October 1984 is being compiled and will
be published later.
•
Solicitors' Golfing Society
Results of President's Prize Outing to Elm Park Golf Club
on 26th June 1984
President's (Frank O'Donnell) Prize
and Incorporated Law Society Challenge Cup
Winner
Runner-up
Ryan Cup
Winner
Runner-up
Under 12
Winner
Runner-up
1st nine
2nd nine
Barry O'Neill (19)
John O'Dwyer (28)
Brian O'Brien (13)
Finbar Crowley (19)
Owen O'Brien (8)
Cyril Coyle (11)
Frank Bourke (28)
William A. Tormey (17)
41 pts.
38 pts.
40 pts.
37 pts.
on 2nd nine.
on
Over 30 miles Padraig Gearty (13)
By lot
John R. Lynch (7)
Gerry Cummiskey (15)
and Dermot Kilcullen (15)
36 pts.
2nd nine.
36 pts.
21 pts.
on last 6.
19 pts.
on last 6.
34 pts.
29 pts,
33 pts.
27 pts.
177