President: Dr Mary Davin-Power


Dr M Davin-Power
MB BCH BAO LRCP&SI DObst DCH MRCGP MSc Med Ed.

Dr Mary Davin-Power qualified in Medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1982. Specialising in Primary Care she was Principal in an NHS Primary Care Centre in Berkshire, UK for some years before returning to live in Ennis,Co. Clare where she spent 15 years in General Practice. A large part of her practice involved medico-legal work of both criminal and civil cases, working closely with local solicitors and Gardai, thus sparking her interest in the subject. Having become involved in medical education after returning to Dublin she attained the MSc in Medical Education from Queens University Belfast. She now lives in Dublin where she practices medicine in North Dublin, acts as Clinical Tutor on the Graduate Entry Programme to Medicine in Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and is Continuing Medical Education tutor for GPs in North Dublin, under the auspices of the Irish College of General Practitioners. She is Primary Care Representative on the Quality Assurance Committee of the CervicalCheck Programme and serves on the Clinical Ethics Forum in Beaumont Hospital. She served as Honorary Secretary of the Society from 2007-2011 and was elected President of the Society at the Annual General Meeting in June 2011.

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Immediate Past President: Dermot Manning BL


Born in Dublin and educated at De La Salle College, Churchtown, Dermot attended University College Dublin and graduated with a BCL degree in 1989. He received the Diploma in Business Studies at the Michael Smurfit Graduate School of Business in 1990. He attended the Kings Inns and was called to the Bar in 1992 and has practiced since then on the Dublin and Eastern Circuits with a varied civil and common law practice. He was called to the Bar of Northern Ireland in 1999. He is the Assistant Editor of the Irish Reports and serves a chairperson at Mental Health Tribunals. Dermot served as Hon. Treasurer of Medico-Legal Society for eight years before his election as President in June 2009.

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Hon Treasurer: Ms. Dolores Keane BL.


Dolores attended University College Dublin graduating with a BA in Economics and Politics and later an MSc (Econ) in European Affairs. She also studied at Marquette University, Milwaukee, USA. She attended the Kings Inns and was called to the Bar in 2000. Her legal practice interests include medical and commercial law. Dolores developed the Continuing Professional Development programme at the Kings Inns and has lectured on the Degree Course. She is on the Board of the Law Library Credit Union and is an examiner for the Institute Of Bankers.

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Honorary Secretary: Dr Tom Donnelly.


A native of Banbridge, Co Down, Tom Donnelly qualified from Medicine in UCD (1987) and then trained to become a General Practitioner in Birmingham. After one year as a GP, he changed tract and trained as an Occupational Physician (Industrial Medicine) and worked for a healthcare trust and local authority in England. He returned to Ireland in 1993 and worked for the Health and Safety Authority (H.S.A) as an occupational medical advisor until 2006. He then joined the Civil Service Occupational Medical service (Dept of Finance). He is currently on the Board of the Faculty of Occupational Medicine RCPI and is PRO of the Irish Society of Occupational Medicine and is on the committee of the Travel Medicine Society of Ireland. He likes sailing, skiing, hill walking and dining with members of the Medico Legal Society.