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Benevolent Association and to make certain that
all their members are subscribers.
The Auditor of
the Solicitors' Apprentices'
Debating Society did me the honour of inviting
me as your President to preside at their debate
with the Law Students' Debating Society and the
Law Societies of Trinity College and University
College, Dublin, for the Benchers Trophy, and I
am very glad to be able to report that the Solicitors'
Apprentices' Debating Society were successful for
the second time in winning this annual contest.
Now to conclude, if I may be permitted a personal
note, I would like to thank the Council for the great
honour which they conferred upon me in electing
me President for this year, and also to thank the
general body of the members of this Society for
returning me to the Council year after year and so
making possible my election as President.
I wish
to thank my two most competent Vice-Presidents,
John Nash and Neil Daly, for all their support and
assistance and all the members of the Council and
the Sub-Committees for the whole-hearted work
and advice which they have given so willingly in the
interests of the well-being of the profession. Finally
there is our Secretary, Eric Plunkett, always available
at the right hand of the President to guide and assist
him.. Only those who have been President of this
Society can possibly realise the tremendous amount
of thought and work which Mr. Plunkett gives to
every problem affecting the solicitors' profession
and how impossible a President's work during his
year of office would be without his ever-willing
assistance.
The President announced that he nominated the
following members of the Society to act as scrutineers
of the ballot for the election of the Council to be
held on igth November, 1959 :
John R. McC.
Blakeney, Thomas Jackson, Brendan P. McCormack,
Alexander J. McDonald and Roderick J. Tierney.
On the motion of Mr. Ignatius M. Houlihan the
chair was then taken by Mr. John J. Nash, Vice-
President. Mr. Houlihan proposed a vote of thanks
to the President which was carried with acclamation.
The President having replied the proceedings were
concluded.
EXAMINATION DATES
Lasf Date
Examination
Date
for Notice
ist & znd Irish June z6th & zyth
June 5th
Sept. 18th & 19th
Aug. 28th
ist Law
Sept. ist & 2nd
Aug. nth
Final
Sept. ist, 2nd & 3rd Aug. nth
Preliminary
Sept. 2nd & 3rd
Aug. I2th
Bookkeeping
September 4th
Aug. i4th
DUBLIN SOLICITORS' BAR
ASSOCIATION
A MEETING of the Council was held on Wednesday,
6th May, 1959.
A further reminder was sent to the Department
of Justice about the unsuitability of Court No. 9
Chancery Place.
Certain other matters were dealt with and the
next meeting was fixed for Wednesday, 3rd June,
1959.
Solicitors' Golf Competition (Fourball) at
Killarney
ist Pri^e :
M. O'Sullivan (Listowel) and J. S.
O'Reilly (Listowel)—7 up.
Runners up :
P. Treacy (Nenagh) and T. Adams
(Tullamore)—4 up (on 2nd nine).
Solicitors' Golfing Society :
Captain's Pri^e
(Mr.
L. K. Branigan) at Baltray (by kind permission)
Saturday, 2yth June, 1959.
Also
Veteran's Pri^e :
Golfing Society's Cup and
St. Patrick's Plate.
Entries to :
G. M. Doyle,
Hon. Sec.,
50 Lower
O'Connell Street, Dublin.
THE MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY OF
IRELAND
Officers and Council for 1959-60
PATRON :
PRESIDENT :
VICE-PRESIDENT :
HON. SECRETARY:
HON. TREASURER
COUNCIL :
HON VICE-
PRESIDENTS :
The Chief Justice, the Hon. Mr.
Justice Conor A. Maguire
Professor Patrick N. Meenan,
M.D., B.L.
Dr. J. P. Brennan
M. J. Leech
Capt. J. A. Kelly
Dr. M. D. Hickey, M.D.
Brendan A. McGrath
Professor E. Y. Exshaw, B.L.
Dr. John P. Shanley, M.D.
Herman Good
M. B. Daly, B.L.
Dr. G. Doyle
The Hon. Mr. Justice George
D. Murnaghan
Donough O'Donovan
Dr. D. A. McErlean
Dr. J. Fitzgerald
Dermot P. Shaw
Daniel Cortigan
Joseph A. McCarthy, S.C.