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GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 1995
Diploma in Property Tax for Solicitors
First prize winners
in the Diploma
in Property
Tax Course
were Michael
Noonan
(Limerick
class) and Finola O'Hanlon
(Dublin class). They were presented
with
their
prizes by Brian Bohan, Solicitor and member
of the Taxation Committee.
Also
pictured
is Pat O'Connor,
Chairman,
Education
Committee,
Law
Society.
As part of its continuing Legal
Education Programme, the Law Society,
in response to a growing need in the
legal profession, instituted the Diploma
in Property Tax Course in October 1992.
This was the first comprehensive post-
qualification diploma course which has
been set up to date. We are happy to
report that the course has been extremely
successful. Participating solicitors have
found that it has greatly enhanced their
confidence and competence in dealing
with the myriad of tax implications on
property transactions.
To date we have run five courses and a
total of 125 solicitors have received
diplomas. The most recent awards
ceremony took place in the Law
Society on the 8 September, when the
Chairman of the Education Committee,
I Pat O'Connor
presented diplomas to 32
I solicitors mainly from the Munster and
Dublin regions.
A most encouraging development has
been the delivery of this diploma course
both in Cork City and in Limerick
University. The Education Committee
remains committed to the need to
provide relevant continuing legal
education programmes both in the Law
Society and in the provinces. We are
currently planning to run the course in
the Sligo/Mayo region to commence
before the end of this year.
The Society is particularly indebted
to
Brian Bohan,
Solicitor and
member of the Taxation Committee,
for his foresight and expertise in
the development of this diploma
course The other consultants are
Ray Shanahan
of J.W. Donovan
& Co., Cork,
Paraic Madigan,
Matheson Ormsby Prentice, as well as
our accountancy colleagues
David Smyth, Paula Oliver
and
Terry Oliver.
Ernst and Young sponsor a very
generous first prize of £500 for the
| solicitor who achieves the best overall
i mark on each Diploma Course.
Brian
Bohan
presented these prizes to
Michael Noonan,
Rathkeale,
Co. Limerick and
Finola O'Hanlon,
Law School tutor at the recent
awards ceremony.
! The following solicitors were awarded
' Diplomas:
• Limerick Class
j 1.
Michael Noonan
(First Place)
j 2.
George Bruen
j 3.
Suzanne Bugler
4.
Catriona Carmody
5. Ursula Condon
6.
John Cooke
7.
Aidan Crowley
8.
Philip Culhane
9.
Isabel Donnellan
I 10.
William Donovan
11. Conor Glendon
12.
Patrick McDermott
13.
Rosemary Moore
! 14.
Paul Morris
15.
Stephen Noonan
16.
Siobhan O'Neill
j 1 7.
Marguerite Philips
18.
Michael Sherry
19.
ElizabethWalsh
20. Mary Cashin
21. Shaun Elder
22. Sara Horan
23. Mary Murphy
24. Helen O'Reilly
Dublin Class
1. Finola O 'Hanlon
(First Place)
2.
Patrick Callanan
3.
David Costello
4.
Deirdre Curtis
5.
Peter Dineen
6.
Anne Kelly
7.
PatrickLarkin
8.
Grace McFadden
9.
Laura McGinley
10. Norah O 'Mahony
11. David Rafferty
12.
Mark Ronayne
13. DavidWaters
14. Dermot Coyne
15. Patrick Drumgoole
16. Declan Lawlor
17. Philip Joyce
18. John Lynch
19. Catherine MacGinley
20. Joseph Morrin
21. Mark Murphy
22. Patricia Rickard-Clarke
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