The Gazette 1946-49

but the justified complaint of the learned President refers to an abuse of long standing. I hope that the Bar Associations will take this matter into con sideration. Everything which tends to keep, or perhaps 1 should say, to make our equal rights of audience in the Circuit Court a reality ought to be studied by all our professional organisations with jealous care. May I take the opportunity to follow the example of my distinguished predecessors in office by com mending to your active support the Solicitors' Benevolent Association ? Finally, let me say that it would be wearisome were I to endeavour to deal with all the subjects which have occupied your Council during the half- year. Suffice it to say that no meeting passes without many questions that vitally affect your interests being discussed and action promptly taken where possible. I would like, before closing, to pay tribute to the exemplary attendance of country members, and to the efficiency of our Secretary and the staff generally which have gone far to lighten the burden of an office which, much as I appreciate the con fidence shown by my colleagues in electing me, I took up with much apprehension and a lively sense of my inadequacy to discharge it, as the members deserve to have it discharged. Mr. Desmond Moran addressed the meeting on the inconvenience of the present arrangement of the Law Sittings. The President stated that the matter would receive the attention of the Council. On the motion of Mr. Hayes, the Chairman vacated the chair which was taken by Mr. Quirke, Vice-President. Mr. Hayes then proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman for his address and for his conduct at the meeting which was carried with acclamation. The President replied and the proceedings terminated. COUNCIL DINNER ON Thursday, 2 znd April, the President and members of the Council gave a Dinner in the Members' Hall. The following were present:— An Taoiseach, Mr. John A. Costello, S.C.; Lt.-Gen. Scan MacEoin, Minister for Justice; Mr. Daniel Morrissey, Minister for Industry and Com merce ; the Hon. Conor A. Maguire, Chief Justice ; the Hon. George Gavan Duffy, President of the High Court; the Hon. Mr. Justice Kingsmill Moore; the Hon. Mr. Justice Murnaghan; the Hon. Mr. Justice O'Byrne; the Hon. Mr. Justice Martin Maguire; the Hon. Mr. Justice Kevin Dixon; the Hon. Mr. Justice Haugh ; the Hon. Mr. Justice Shannon ; His Hon. Judge McCarthy; Mr. Cecil Lavery, S.C., Attorney General; the President, Mr. Scan 0 hUadhaigh; Mr. J. R.

Quirke, Vice-President; Mr. Patrick F. O'Reilly; Mr. L. E. O'Dea ; Mr. J. Travers Wolfe ; Mr. H. P. Mayne ; Mr. G. A. Overend ; Mr. Charles Laverty ; Mr. Gill, President Royal College of Surgeons ; Mr. W. S. Huggard; Mr. W. P. Stevens ; Mr. P. J. Murphy, Finance Solicitor; Mr. J. P. Tyrrell; Mr. Scanlon, Examiner, High Court; Mr. McCracken, Dublin County Sheriff; District Justice O'Sullivan; Prof. Tierney, President University College, Dublin; Mr. Charles MacLaughlin; Mr. MacCormac, President, Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants ; Mr. R. J. Nolan; Mr. Davy, B.L.; Mr. Scan A. 6 hUadhaigh; Mr. Doyle, Official Assignee; Mr. Bell, President, Society of Incorporated Accountants ; Mr. Basil Thompson ; Dr. Solomons, President, Royal College of Physicians ; Mr. J. S. O'Connor; Mr. Joyce, President, Insurance Institution ; Mr. T. A. O'Reilly; Mr. O'Byrne, Registrar of Titles ; District Justice Mangan; Mr. Peter O'Connor; Mr. Collins, Secretary, Department of Local Government; Mr. George Murnaghan; Mr. Lysaght, Solicitor, Dept. of Posts and Telegraphs; Dr. Webb, Registrar, Wards of Court; Mr. F. J. Gearty; Mr. H. St. J. Blake; Master Kennedy; Mr. J. P. Carrigan; Mr. Casey, Head, Estate Duty Office; Mr. King- French, Chairman, Dublin Stock Exchange; Mr. E. J. Murphy, Registrar, High Court; Mr. Daniel O'Connell; Mr. J. C. Taylor; Mr. Kirkpatrick, Chairman, Dublin Chamber of Commerce; Mr. Niall Gaffney; Mr. Murtagh, Examiner, High Court; Mr. Jameson, President, Dublin Solicitors' Bar Association; Master O'Hanlon; Mr. P. R. Boyd; Mr. Rice, Chairman, Revenue Commis sioners ; Mr. Curran, Registrar of the Supreme Court; Mr. J. J. Bolger ; Mr. McNulty, President, Irish Auctioneers' and Estate Agents' Association; Mr. Joseph Barrett; Mr. Samuel Cumming, President, Incorporated Law Society of Northern Ireland; Mr. O'Donoghue, S.C. ; Mr. Purtill, Vice-President, Institute of Chartered Accountants ; Mr. Dwyer, County Registrar ; Mr. S. O'Connor, Dublin City Sheriff; Mr. Forbes, S.C.; Mr. Coyle, President, Institute of Bankers ; Mr. W. J. Norman ; Mr. Roger Greene; Mr. Geary, Solicitor, Irish Land Commission; Mr. R. B. Mayne, Secretary, Incorporated Law Society, Northern Ireland; Mr. S. McDonnell; Mr. J. Flood; Dr. Quirke; Mr. Commissioner O'Sheil; Mr. J. J. Dunne; Mr. O'Cleirigh, County Registrar; Mr. W. L. Duggan ; Mr. D. P. Shaw; the Secretary; Mr. S. Mooney. The toast of " Ireland" was given by the President and honoured. The toast of " the Bench and Bar" was proposed by Mr. Henry St. J. Blake. The Chief Justice replied on behalf of the Bench and the Attorney-General on behalf of the Bar. 5