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• W s Ma c a r t an Daly, B.C.L.
. peraldine A. Davy, B.C.L., Philomena M. Devins,
John
G. Dillon-Leetch, B.C.L., Anthony J. Doherty,
LL.B., Roderick Dolan, B.C.L., Ivan J. Durcan,
P liam Earley, Vivian M. Emerson, B.A., John R.
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'nerstonhaugh, William J. B. Garvan, Geraldine
J^ughan, John W. Gaynor, B.A., John M. M. Griffin,
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Michael J. Ha n r a h a n, B.C.L., Edward C. Hughes,
h p H ) Ma ry F. Hutchinson, B.C.L., Caroline Keane,
p. L., Anne E. Kennedy, Gillian Kiersey, Alan J.
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Maurice J. Linehan, B.C.L., LL.B., Francis J.
Downey, B.C.L., Dermot MacDermott, B.C.L., Noel O.
Malo
B
ne, David Morris, Desmond Mullaney, B.C.L.
Roder
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McAlister, Patrick J. McCartan, B.C.L.,
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M
ick McCr a nn, George C. M. P. McGrath, Fiona
ire, B.C.L., Peter V. McLaughlin, David F.
j ^ ahon, B.C.L., Thomas McNally, B.C.L., !
J: U Beirne, B.C.L., Isolde A. O'Connell, B.C.L.,
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Bernard
Patrick
, ^onnor, B.C.L., John V. O'Dwyer, B.C.L., Michael
J
- G Malley, B.C.L.
Anne P. O ' Re g a n, Thomas P. Quinn, B.C.L., Brian
•Redden, B.C.L., Peter J. Redmond, John C. Reidy,
C.G-L., Rosemary A. Ryan, B.C.L., Linda M. Scales,
j'ncent M. Shields, Thomas J. Stafford, B.C.L.,
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£ n c e D. Sweeney, Michael Tracey.
4 candidates attended; 69 candidates passed.
^Hird Law Examination
p At the Th i rd Law Examination held from 18 to 25
ruary 1974 the following candidates passed :
r/fssed
with Merit :
(1)^ Ma t t hew O ' Donohoe; (2)
n
O. Keane, B.A.; (3) Charles Kelly, B.A.
Passed:
Patrick D. W. Boland, B.C.L.; Jennifer M.
M. Cantillon, B.C.L., John F. Carroll, B.C.L., Margaret
M. Carter, Martin D. Cellier, B.C.L., John A. Cough-
Ian, B.C.L., Peter O'Neill Crowley, Anne M. Delaney,
B.C.L., Sheila Devitt, Mary-Catherine Dolan, John D.
Dunne, B.C.L., Daniel Fagan.
Deirdre Nic Fhionnlaoich, B.C.L., Raymond Finu-
cane, B.C.L., Grace M. Grench, B.C.L., Sylvia Geraghty,
B.A., Ma ry W. Griffin, B.A., LL.B., Edward G. Hall,
B.A.,
H.Dip.Ed., Michael Hayes, Edward J. Hickey,
Liam Hipwell, Doreen Levins, Richard A. Liddy, B.A.,
H.Dip.Ed., Maurice J. Linehan, B.C.L., LL.B.
Hugh F. Ludlow, Justin MacCarthy, B.A. (Mod.),
Stephen P. Maher, Patrick J. Minogue, Michael E.
Molloy, B.A., Arthur D. S. Moran, B.A. (Mod.), Deirdre
Morris, B.C.L., Madeleine McGrath, Laurence McMo r-
row, Eimear O'B. Kelly, Orla O'Brien, John G.
O'Donovan.
Martina O ' Go rma n, Richard O ' Ha n r a h a n, Anne
Ormond, B.C.L., Eugene O'Sullivan, B.A., Joseph
Philpott, B.C.L., Anne M. Regan, B.C.L., Ma ry Regan,
B.C.L., Nicholas K. Robinson, M.A., Brian Roche,
Patrick D. Rowan, M.A., James J. Ryan, B.C.L., Edward
M. Wheehan, B.C.L.
Bryan Sheridan, B.C.L., Michael J. Sheery, B.C.L.,
Ambrose J. Steen, Joseph R. Sweeney, Patrick J.
Sweeney, Philip T. Tormey, Paul D. Traynor, Catriona
M. Walsh, Brian O. Whelan, Richard R. Whelehan,
B.A.,
H.Dip.Ed.
67 candidates attended; 61 candidates passed.
By order : James J. Ivers,
Director-General.
10 April 1974.
Solicitors Apprentices Debating
Society Inaugural 1974
^art 1
The President, Mr. Prentice, presided at the Inau-
|
r
al Meeting of the Solicitors Apprentices Debating
uciety held in the Library of Solicitors Buildings on
M
y
'
M a r c h 1 9 7 4
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a t 8
P-
m
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j Mr.
Michael Staines,
the Auditor, in delivering the
a u
gu r al Address, said that there had been many
dllr
•
'
fgations in
recent
months
that
all
not
1
with our prison system. Prisoners and journalists
of k ^
a v e
described our prisons as "hell-holes". Because
he great air of secrecy surrounding the operation of
^
r
, system, it is difficult for an impartial observer to
Rat
o n
correctness or otherwise of these alle-
•ons. From what information we do have, however,
^
U c
n of which is contained in the Prison Study Gr oup
^ P o r t, it is evident that conditions leave much to be
t
e
Slre
d. T h e prison buildings are relics from the nine-
^ nth century. Mr. Cooney has stated : "Our prisons
a
n n
a s
y
s t e m
buildings, very old, Victorian, designed
had
i
n
another age, when the area of penology
Up
n o t r e c e
i
v e
d attention, when prison was looked
as a punishment for man's sins against society
0l
*t consideration of what causes him to sin—
places of incarceration. Their structure inhibits reform."
Educational, recreational and work facilities are poor
and certainly do not conform to the requirements as
laid down by the Prison Rules 1949. Psychiatric screen-
ing at reception is non existent, which might explain
why nearly forty prisoners in 1971 were classified at the
time of admission to prison as "possibly" or "probably"
insane.
However, as long as we maintain our present prison
system, many reforms are undoubtedly necessary, I
would suggest to you, that, instead of trying to
reform the system, we should seriously consider aboli-
shing it as it stands. Prison is undoubtedly a wasteful,
inhuman and for the most part unnecessary institution,
and its existence can be justified only if we accept the
primitive justification of retribution. However, its ma ny
defects far outstrip any positive function it may have.
Retribution as justification
There have been many different justifications given
down through the years for the existence of prisons.
Th ey extend from the primitive view "that prisoners
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