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Lawyers Fishing Club During the Summer of 1988, a letter from Mr. Frank Wickham- Smith, Solicitor, on behalf on the Lawyers Fishing Club in the UK was published in the Law Society Gazette inviting the formation of a similar club for the purposes of promoting contact between the professsions within the islands by means of angling competitions. A number of people responded and an invitation was received in Ireland to participate in a friendly "International" in England in September, 1989. two fish between them but, of course, we were all beaten to a frazzle by the English who had a very nice bag of trout, almost all of -which had been caught between 6.30p.m. and 7.00p.m. After the weigh-in at which we were presented with a bottle of champagne, we adjourned to the local pub where our English friends provided sandwiches and we pas- sed a very pleasant evening.

agreed unanimously that the fish- ing contest should be established as an annual event to be fished in each country in turn. Scotland has already expressed a desire to be involved and Bord Bainne's advisor has promised to raise a team from Wales. It is also hoped that the North of Ireland Bar Angling As- sociation may also field their own team. With the timely ending of the Rod Licence Dispute, arrangements are at present being made to have the first of these full internationals fished on Lough Corrib in Sept- ember next. A formal meeting to establish the Lawyers Fishing Club of Ireland has been arranged for Tuesday, 15th May, 1990, at 8.00p.m. to be held at Blackhall Place, Dublin. There can be no more haramonious way to promote con- tact and fellowship between the professions than through angling and all those interested are asked to volunteer their support to this worthy and highly enjoyable proposal. For further information please contact Adrian P. O'Gorman at DunLaoire Corporation.

The normal charge for the Church Hill Farm Fishery is £40.00 per rod per day. Whilst this is somewhat reduced in the case of a block booking such as ours, our hosts paid all our fees and paid for all our drinks and a three-course lunch at the fishery as well as food at the pub. It was not until we reached the bar that we were allowed to put our hands in our pockets. We could not have been treated more kindly or made to feel more welcome. Before we broke up, it was

Shortness of time and the inter- vention of holidays proved some- thing of a handicap so that, in the event, the team consisted of Bill Tormey, Ernest Williams and John Jermyn (Senior) from the South, two barristers from the North and a Welsh barrister whose sole claim to the right to fish for Ireland lay in the fact that he had once advised An Bord Bainne in a case in England! The competition was fished on a still water fishery at Church Hill Farm, Mursley, Buckinghamshire, about 35 miles north of London on the 30th of September 1989. The southern half of the team stayed near Mursley in a very comfortable B & B where we were made very welcome. Next morning we presented our- selves at Church Hill Farm where we had our first sight of the fishery. This consisted of two "put and take" lakes, one of two and a half acres and the other a little larger. It was a rather different proposition from Lough Corrib and Lough Mask! Fishing started at about 10.00a.m. and continued until 7.00p.m., when it was almost dark, with a break for drinks and a large lunch at about 1.00p.m. Each rod was allowed to choose his own section of the bank of the lake, which he flogged all day, fish- ing long casts with dreadful leaded nymphs fished deep at the end. The southern representatives dis- tinguished themselves only by their consistency; none of them rose a single fish all day, although we were informed that 100 trout of two and a half pounds each had been put into the lake the previous day. Our northern friends caught

The Irish Society For European Law Founded in 1973 Irish Affiliate to the Fédération Internationale Pour le Droit Européen (F I D E.) President: The Hon. Mr. Justice Brian Walsh Chairman: Mr. Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor Programme for Spring/Summer 1990 1 Thursday, May 10th, 1990: Nuala Butler, Barrister, National Rapporteur, FIDE (Madrid - 1990) Congress - Fiscal Harmonisation; Jeremy Maher, Barrister, National Rapporteur, FIDE (Madrid - 1990) Congress - Impact of European Communities Merger Control on Ireland. 2 Tuesday, July 17«h, 1990: Mary Robinson, Senior Counsel, Director Irish Centre for European Law, National Rapporteur, FIDE (Madrid - 1990) Congress - Public Procurement. Lectures take place at 8.15 pm at the Kildare Street and University Club, 17 St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2, by kind permission. Members and their guests are invited to join the Committee and guest speakers for dinner at the Club at 6.15 pm on the evening of each lecutre. Members intend- ing to dine must communicate with the Membership Secretary, Jean Fitzpatrick, Solicitor's Office, Telecom Eireann, Harcourt Centre, 52 Harcourt Street, Dublin 2. (Tel. 01 714444 ext. 5929, Fax. 01 793980, Electronic Mail (Eirmail) (Dialcom) 74: EIM076) not later than two days before the dinner, as advance notice must be given to the Club. Membership of the Society is open to lawyers and to others interested in European Law. The current annual subscription is £15.00 (£10 for students, barristers and solicitors in the first three years of practice). Membership forms and further details may be obtained from the Membership Secretary.

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