The Gazette 1990

GAZETTE

A PRIL 1990

Rochford Brady. In addition to the Sub-Committee who toiled to make the weekend such a successful one, our thanks are also due to Eva Tobin who did so much work on the ground in Galway and to Richard Devereux, Brian MacBride and Brian Speers who managed to persuade so many young solicitors to travel to Galway and also organ- ised their travelling arrangements. The next SYS weekend is also a Joint Conference, this time with Members of the Young Bar, to be held at Jury's Hotel Cork on 9th-11th November, 1990.

Society of Young Solicitors Thi rd Joint Conference

overseas visitors. The Society's thanks are due to our main spon- sors, the Bank of Ireland Group together with Butterworths, Sweet & Maxwell, Law Placements and

The third Young Solicitors' Joint Conference which was held at the Great Southern Hotel, Eyre Square, Galway, on 6th/8th April, 1990 was a resounding success. The City of the Tribes was the perfect venue for the first Joint Conference to be held in this jurisdiction and attracted over 350 young solicitors from Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. Despite the rigours of the disco and bar extension on Friday night, there was an excellent attendance for the very comprehensive lecture given by Gerald FitzGerald on the Saturday morning which was fol- lowed by a very lively and stimulating European Forum at which the contributors were Greg Myles (from Northern Ireland), Michael Dean (a Scottish solicitor practising in London) and Finbarr Murphy. Most delegates took advantage of the fine weather and took part in the activities organised during the Saturday afternoon which in- cluded a bus tour around Connemara, a pub crawl/walking tour of Galway and a tennis tourna- ment. Some delegates were also lucky enough to back the winner of the Grand National. The blood stream received further sustenance at a pre- banquet reception which was generously sponsored by the Bank of Ireland Group, followed by the social centre-piece of the weekend, the Gala Banquet, which took place in the Ballroom. The Banquet, which was attended by approxi- mately 350 people, was regarded as being the best for many years and lasted until the not so small hours of the morning! Our guest of honour, Judge Donal Barrington, attracted a very good attendance on Sunday morning for his entertaining and illuminating talk on the Court of First Instance of the European Communities. The Conference ended with a farewell lunch for our

(Left to Right): Colin Sainsbury — Vice Chairman, Society of Young Solicitors; Brian Lindermann — President, Scottish Young Lawyers Association; Katherine Dalahunt — Chairman, Society of Young Solicitors; Brian Spears — Chairman, Northern Ireland Young Solicitors Group.

(Left to Right): Katherine Dalahunt - Chairman, Society of Young Solicitors; Mr. Justice Donal Barrington — Judge of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities; Eva Tobin - Solicitor; Joe Daly - Investment Bank of Ireland, Galway.

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