The Gazette 1988

MAY 1988

GAZETTE

Younger Members News

of interest around the country. We held a series of Table Quizes, which seemed a popular way to get every- body in one room at the same time, and the support we got was encour- aging. It need also be said that the work that was put in was enthus- iastic, but what was most rewarding, was the result - £5,500.00 for the Benevolent Association. The culmination of our fund raising was the Dun Laoghaire Quiz, which was attended by 400 people (mainly solicitors). It was a warm and giving host of participants, who tried very hard to answer some awfully difficult questions. To carry the night, we needed two pillars of the profession. In the course of selection, it was decided that both would be perpendicular but with contrasting styles and, accordingly, we went for an early Corinthian and a more recent Ionian. Moya Quinlan handled the rowdy element, while Gerry Griffin rubbed it in and managed to extract the final shilling f r om t wo anonymous bids f r om Frank O'Riordan and Michael Peart. The electronic score board was devised, manufactured, erected, controlled and operated by Brian O'Connor, ably assisted by Dan

THE YMC QU IZ DRIVE Of all the Committees of the Council of the Law Society, perhaps the most varied is the Younger Members. Each of the Committees works within defined parameters, except this one. For the Y.M.C. has no boundary, political, geographical or otherwise. The Committee comprises a dozen or so representatives from t he various eche l ons of the profession, s t a r t i ng w i th the Professional Course, the Advanced Course, the newly qualified, and then the not-so-newly qualifieds. They come from all the Provinces and once a month, meet in Dublin. It concerns itself with many issues, one of wh i ch is the Emigration Trail. This is close to the hearts of all the Younger Members of the profession, as up to 50 per year are now leaving our shores. Bar Associations in the U.S., U.K. and E.E.C. are springing up and very often the Y.M.C. is their line of communication and home-base. Communication is vital to the life-blood of the Committee, which has to feel the needs of the Younger Members. Last year, with a view to promoting the Committee, we ran a pilot campaign to generate a bit

Murphy and it is a mark of their success on the night that not a single score was queried, despite a tense tie-break towards the end. John Larkin was the floor manager with the inflexible smile, which says " I 'm really worried, but I don't show it". He was assisted by Joe Swords, who brought most of his family with him to make sure the boys didn't make a mistake. It's a measure of their efforts that nobody noticed them all night. There were so many prizes it took most of the evening to give them out. They were borrowed, stolen or bought by Mi r i am Reynolds and Roddy Bourke. That's Miriam looking at you in the photograph. We'd like you to remember her, because we hope to see Miriam elected to the Council of the Law Society next year. Her presence on the Council will ensure the continuity of the work carried out by the Y.M.C., which must have a Council Member, if it is going to be of any practical use. There were, of course, many others who gave their unfailing attention to the success of these nights over the year, to whom we are all most grateful. JUSTIN McKENNA

Younger Members Committee Quiz Night Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, 7 April 1988 At the microphone, Justin McKenna, (Y.M.C.) with Moya Quintan, and Gerry Griffin, Quizmasters.

Miriam Reynolds, Solicitor, Member of the Younger Members Committee.