The Gazette 1984

GAZETTE

JULY/AUGIJST 1984

Correspondence The Editor, Law Society Gazette, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7.

Medico-Legal Society of Ireland

26th June, 1984

The Annual General Meeting of The Medico-Legal Society of Ireland in the offices of The Irish Medical Organisation, 10 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin 2 (by kind permission) on Monday the 7th May 1984. The President, Miss Carmel Killeen, Solicitor, took the Chair. The Officers and Council of the Society elected for the year 1984-1985 are as follows: Patron:- Professor P.D.J. Holland, President:- Dr. Sarah Rogers, Immediate Past President:- Miss Carmel Killeen, Solicitor, Vice Presidents:- Mr. Brian Murphy, Solicitor, Mr. Leslie Kearon, Solicitor, Hon. Secretary:- Mr. Eamonn Hall, Solicitor, Hon. Treasurer:- Miss Cliona O'Tuama, Solicitor, Hon. Auditor:- Mr. Tony Browne, Medical:- Dr. Robert Towers, Dr. Liam Daly, Dr. Declan Gilsenan, Dr. J. Harbison, Dr. Seamus Ryan, Legal:- District Justice Cassidy, Mr. Denis Greene, Solicitor, Mr. Raymond Downey, Solicitor, Miss Thelma King, Solicitor, Miss Mary McMurrough Murphy B.L., Mr. Brendan Garvan, Solicitor, Forensic Scientists:- Dr. Sheila Willis. The Society's programme for the year 1984-1985 commencing in October 1984 is being compiled and will be published later. •

Dear Sir,

re: Abbeyfield (Dublin) Society Limited Members may recall that the May issue of the Gazette, in its report of the Annual General Meeting of the Solicitors' Benevolent Association, referred to the interest taken by the Association in the Abbeyfield (Dublin) Society Limited. Those who are interested will be pleased to know that the first Abbeyfield House to be set up in the Republic of Ireland was officially opened by President Hillery on Saturday, 23rd of June. The house, situate on the Howth Road, accommodates six active elderly people. It provides a special type of accommodation for elderly people bridging the gap between living in a private house and going into an old persons home. Residents furnish their own rooms and are independent in every respect but share a common sitting room and dining room and take their two main meals together as a community. There is a resident housekeeper who is responsible for the day to day running of the house and she is backed up by a House Committee. The overall running of the Society is the responsibility of the Executive Committee which is drawn from all walks of life. The Chairman is Edward Donelan, Barrister and there are two accountants, two Solicitors and the Rev. Stanley Baird on the Executive Committee. The house is equipped with the latest smoke and fire detectors and is carefully adapted to meet the special needs of elderly people. Members will be interested to know that funds for the purchase and conversion of the house have come from a variety of sources including private individuals, the Parish of St. Barnabas and North Strand, Drumcondra, The Presbyterian Association and the Solicitors' Benevolent Association. By virtue of the sponsorship of the Solicitors' Benevolent Association that Society has the right to nominate two of the residents and a representative on the Executive Committee. The Society is a voluntary body and has no full time staff other than the housekeeper and her relief house- keeper. It receives no state funds. Once the Society has paid off its debts on the Howth Road House, it hopes to open other houses in Dublin and in other parts of the country. Already there are groups working towards the opening of a house in Navan, Co. Meath, in Sandycove, Co. Dublin and in Mount Merrion, Co. Dublin. The opening of an Abbeyfield house in Dublin represents an important new departure in providing sensible accommodation for elderly people in Dublin. Abbeyfield is a means by which the community as a whole can help individuals who are alone and vulnerable. Yours sincerely, Thelma King, Solicitor, 15 St. Stephen's Green, N., Dublin 2.

Solicitors' Golfing Society

Results of President's Prize Outing to Elm Park Golf Club on 26th June 1984

President's (Frank O'Donnell) Prize and Incorporated Law Society Challenge Cup Winner Barry O'Neill (19) John O'Dwyer (28)

41 pts. 38 pts.

Runner-up Ryan Cup Winner Runner-up Under 12 Winner Runner-up 1st nine 2nd nine

40 pts. 37 pts. on 2nd nine.

Brian O'Brien (13) Finbar Crowley (19)

36 pts. 2nd nine. 36 pts. 21 pts. on last 6. 19 pts. on last 6.

Owen O'Brien (8) Cyril Coyle (11) Frank Bourke (28) William A. Tormey (17)

on

34 pts. 29 pts, 33 pts. 27 pts. 177

Over 30 miles Padraig Gearty (13) By lot John R. Lynch (7) Gerry Cummiskey (15) and Dermot Kilcullen (15)