The Gazette 1995

GAZETTE

Mrs. O' - A Tribute

SELECTED STATUTORY I NS TRUMENTS 158/1995 EC (Term of Protection of Copyright) Regulations, 1995. Harmonises the term of protection of copyright of literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works at the

It is hard to comprehend that Mrs. O ' is now retiring after forty-nine years o f service with the Society, of which she has been so much a part for so long. For most of us who entered the | profession between 1946 and 1978 the recollections of our student days are | inextricably linked with the O ' Re i l l ys - Willie and Dymphna. During that thirty-two year period that they (and for part, their solicitor son, Brian) lived in Solicitors Buildings (Four Courts), Willie was the warden and Dymphna was the 'materfamilias' to i all who attended there for meetings of the Solicitors Apprentices Debating Society ( SADS I ). Their sitting room in the basement was a Speaker's Corner/ Bewleys/Las Vegas all rolled into one. On the move to the newly renovated Blackhall Place premises in 1978, t Dymphna took on the role of 'minder' of the many overnight guests who "In all sincerity I am overwhelmed by your generosity. For what's left of my life be it long or short, I'll have so many memories. Willie and I never considered money, in the little we did do for you - you were our children and we did it for love. Mick [O 'Mahony] and Andy [Smyth] will agree - the Law Society | was more sombre and conventional by the time Cillian [MacDomhnaill] arrived. Helen [Kirwan-Davitt] claims you people were unique and we'll never see your like again, and I agree with j her. It was the age of innocence. Max [Neville], seeing Jim O ' K e e f fe with his arm on a shelf in the Library was I afraid he had it around Maura Simons [Roche]. Larry [Branigan] breaking it off with i Nessa [Gibbons-Doyle] because the ! Equity Examiner (the S AD SI Annual

stayed there, a role she continued even after Willie sadly passed away in November 1993.

Now after nearly fifty years of association with the Society,

Dymphna has decided that it is time for her to retire. In her retirement, she will be sustained by the certain knowledge that she has the affection of everyone in the solicitors' profession who had the honour and pleasure of knowing her. The plaque on the ex-auditors' board erected in their honour in the Blackhall Place lecture hall will give permanent recognition both to the status of the O ' Re i l l ys as the only two honorary auditors of S AD SI and to their significance in the lives and memories o f so many of us.

lifetime of the author and a period of 70 years after the author's death, in accordance with Council Directive 93/98/EEC

184/1995 Finance Act, 1994 (Commencement of

Sections 93 and 96 (a)) Order, 1995 Gives effect to section 4A, Value-Added Tax Act, 1972. Those provisions relate to the treatment of VA T . chargeable on long-term lettings of developed property. Came into effect on 7 July. 1995.

Thanks, Mrs. O!

MVOM

188/1995 Housing (Sale of Houses) Regulations, 1995 Governs the sale by housing authorities of tenanted dwellings to tenants. 189/1995 Employment Regulation

Mrs. O'Reilly's (written) response to Law Society presentation

Scandal Magazine) said they were studying matrimonial procedures in the Library. The Bruce [Blake], Grace [Hanna-Blake], Helen [Kirwan- Davitt] triangle and Helen weeping on Andy's shoulder. Mi c k 's loyalties were divided on Monday nights. Stay to entertain the chairman and guests or join the poker game in No. 3 Consultation Room. Being Mick there was no dereliction of duty - he looked after his guests and saw them safely off the premises. I hope to be back in Manor Place in a month to six weeks - Beaumont who have been so good to me have promised me a home help and of course I have my best friend, Margaret, next door. Give my sincere thanks and love to the Council and tell them how grateful I am." 229

Order (Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee), 1995 Made by the Labour Court on the recommendation of the Law Clerks Joint Labour Committee, fixes statutory minimum rates of pay and regulates statutory conditions of employment as

from 1 August, 1995, for certain workers employed

in

solicitors'

offices.

Margaret Librarian

Byrne

Law Books for Tanzania The Chief Justice of Tanzania on a recent visit to the Law Society expressed an interest in receiving textbooks for Tanzanian lawyers. Would any interested firm who may be weeding out superseded editions of textbooks please send a list of the books in the first instance to: Margaret Byrne, Librarian, the Law Society of Ireland, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7. F a x : 01 - 6 7 7 0511.