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GAZETTE
SEPTEMBER 1991
The Medico-Legal Society of Ireland
(Cont'd, from p. 2 75)
w i t h our Northern Irish colleagues
become a regular feature of the
Society and t hat relations w i t h
our European c oun t e r pa r ts and
w i t h t h e Yo u n g er
M e m b e rs
Comm i t t ee be improved. It was
noted that a joint conference would
be held in Northern Ireland in May,
1992.
T he n ew Ch a i r ma n, J ames
Mc Co u r t, p r opo s ed a v o te of
thanks to t he ou t go i ng Chairman
w h o had been mo st active during
his period of o f f i ce in representing
t he Society at Conferences in
No r t h e rn Ireland, t he UK and
Eu r ope. T he s u c c e ss of t he
A u t u m n , 1 9 90 Co n f e r e n ce in
Cork and the Spring, 1991 Con-
ference in Wes t po rt during Mr.
Sainsbury's period as Chairman
we re noted. The new Chairman
also expressed t he hope t h at
Ka t h e r i ne De l a h u nt w h o w a s
retiring f r om t he Comm i t t ee wou ld
con t i nue her involvement w i t h t he
Society in a consultative role and
attend conferences wherever pos-
sible. The new Chairman wo u ld
w i sh to encourage more of those
Solicitors w h o are young at heart
t hough not necessarily in age to
attend t he t w i ce yearly confer-
e n c e s. J a m e s M c C o u r t a l so
endorsed the sen t imen ts of t he
ou t go i ng Chairman w i t h regard to
establishing closer links w i t h t he
Bar and building on existing links
w i t h groups f r om Northern Ireland,
England, Scotland, Wales and t he
C o n t i n e n t.
He w e n t on
t o
c o m p l i m e n t t h e
h a r d w o r k i ng
Committee.
Special t hanks are due to In-
v e s tment Bank of Ireland, t he
main sponsors of t he Society, for
t h e i r
g e n e r o us
s p o n s o r s h ip
throughout this and previous years.
Apa rt f r om the above mentioned
Officers, the current Comm i t t ee
Members are Colin Sainsbury, Mary
Ha y e s, Ga v in Bu c k l e y, B r i an
O ' Connor and Paul Marren.
The Au t umn Conference will be
held in the Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny
f r o m t he 1 5 th t o t he
1 7 th
November 1991. Topics will range
from Insolvency and in particular its
implications for property practi-
tioners to the Compe t i t i on Act and
t he EC Contractual Obligations
Convention.
,—.
Annual General Meeting
The following officers and council
were
elected
for
1991-92
session.
Patron:
Prof. P.D.J. Holland
President:
Dr. Anne Clancy, M.B.;
D.C.H., D.Obs., M.P.H.
Immediate Past President:
Mary MacMurrough Murphy, B.L.
Vice President:
Prof. P.N. Meenan
Hon. Secretary:
Brendan Garvan,
Solicitor
Hon. Treasurer:
Dr. Donal MacSorley
Hon. Auditor:
Dr. Sheila Willis, Ph.D.
Legal
Judge D. Cassidy
Judge G. Hussey
Judge T. King
Nora Gallagher, Solicitor
Raymond Downey, Solicitor
Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor
Carmel Killeen, Solicitor
Emer O'Donoghue, Solicitor
Tom Kennedy, Solicitor
Medical
Dr. Declan Gilsenan
Dr. Robert Towers
Dr. Seamus Ryan
Dr. Liam Daly
Dr. Desmond MacGrath
Prof. John Harbison
Dr. Sarah Rogers
Dr. Bartley Sheahan
Dr. Charles Smith
Prof. Max Ryan
Anne Clancy
Profile of New President
Dr. Anne Clancy,
M.B.; D.C.H.; D.Obst.;
M.P.H.
Anne Clancy was born in Dublin and
was educated at Scoil Chaitriona, Dublin.
She graduated from U.C.D. in 1976.
Dr. Clancy worked initially as a
Registrar in Psychiatry in Newcastle
Hospital, Wicklow and at Stewart's
Hospital, Palmerstown.
She has been employed by the North
Eastern Health Board as an Area Medi-
cal Officer in Public Health Medicine
since 1982. She is, at present, an Area
Medical Officer in the County Meath
Community Care Area with special
interest in mental handicap and child
sexual abuse.
The new President is the daughter of
the late Mr. Jack Clancy, a former
Official Assignee in Bankruptcy.
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