The Gazette 1974

• 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. e 'nerstonhaugh, William J. B. Garvan, Geraldine J^ughan, John W. Gaynor, B.A., John M. M. Griffin, B 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. T 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 r yan McAlister, Patrick J. McCartan, B.C.L., M C G U M C 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., VJ 1 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., e £ 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 ' a t 8 P- m - 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 127