The Gazette 1991

SEPTEMBER 1991 The Medico-Legal Society of Ireland

GAZETTE

(Cont'd, from p. 2 75) w i t h our Northern Irish colleagues become a regular feature of the Society and t hat relations w i t h our European c oun t e r pa r ts and w i t h t h e Yo u n g er M e m b e rs Comm i t t ee be improved. It was noted that a joint conference would be held in Northern Ireland in May, 1992. T he n ew Ch a i r ma n, J ames Mc Co u r t, p r opo s ed a v o te of thanks to t he ou t go i ng Chairman w h o had been mo st active during his period of o f f i ce in representing t he Society at Conferences in No r t h e rn Ireland, t he UK and Eu r ope. T he s u c c e ss of t he A u t u m n , 1 9 90 Co n f e r e n ce in Cork and the Spring, 1991 Con- ference in Wes t po rt during Mr. Sainsbury's period as Chairman we re noted. The new Chairman also expressed t he hope t h at Ka t h e r i ne De l a h u nt w h o w a s retiring f r om t he Comm i t t ee wou ld con t i nue her involvement w i t h t he Society in a consultative role and attend conferences wherever pos- sible. The new Chairman wo u ld w i sh to encourage more of those Solicitors w h o are young at heart t hough not necessarily in age to attend t he t w i ce yearly confer- e n c e s. J a m e s M c C o u r t a l so endorsed the sen t imen ts of t he ou t go i ng Chairman w i t h regard to establishing closer links w i t h t he Bar and building on existing links w i t h groups f r om Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales and t he C o n t i n e n t. He w e n t on t o c o m p l i m e n t t h e h a r d w o r k i ng Committee. Special t hanks are due to In- v e s tment Bank of Ireland, t he main sponsors of t he Society, for t h e i r g e n e r o us s p o n s o r s h ip throughout this and previous years. Apa rt f r om the above mentioned Officers, the current Comm i t t ee Members are Colin Sainsbury, Mary Ha y e s, Ga v in Bu c k l e y, B r i an O ' Connor and Paul Marren. The Au t umn Conference will be held in the Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny f r o m t he 1 5 th t o t he 1 7 th November 1991. Topics will range from Insolvency and in particular its implications for property practi- tioners to the Compe t i t i on Act and t he EC Contractual Obligations Convention. ,—.

Annual General Meeting

The following officers and council were elected for 1991-92 session.

Patron:

Prof. P.D.J. Holland

President:

Dr. Anne Clancy, M.B.; D.C.H., D.Obs., M.P.H.

Immediate Past President: Mary MacMurrough Murphy, B.L. Vice President: Prof. P.N. Meenan Hon. Secretary: Brendan Garvan, Solicitor Hon. Treasurer: Dr. Donal MacSorley Hon. Auditor: Dr. Sheila Willis, Ph.D.

Anne Clancy Profile of New President Dr. Anne Clancy, M.B.; D.C.H.; D.Obst.; M.P.H. Anne Clancy was born in Dublin and was educated at Scoil Chaitriona, Dublin. She graduated from U.C.D. in 1976. Dr. Clancy worked initially as a Registrar in Psychiatry in Newcastle Hospital, Wicklow and at Stewart's Hospital, Palmerstown. She has been employed by the North Eastern Health Board as an Area Medi- cal Officer in Public Health Medicine since 1982. She is, at present, an Area Medical Officer in the County Meath Community Care Area with special interest in mental handicap and child sexual abuse. The new President is the daughter of the late Mr. Jack Clancy, a former Official Assignee in Bankruptcy. •

Legal

Judge D. Cassidy Judge G. Hussey Judge T. King Nora Gallagher, Solicitor Raymond Downey, Solicitor Eamonn G. Hall, Solicitor Carmel Killeen, Solicitor Emer O'Donoghue, Solicitor Tom Kennedy, Solicitor Dr. Declan Gilsenan Dr. Robert Towers Dr. Seamus Ryan Dr. Liam Daly Dr. Desmond MacGrath Prof. John Harbison Dr. Sarah Rogers Dr. Bartley Sheahan Dr. Charles Smith Prof. Max Ryan

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