2010 - 2011
Programme for the 55th Session
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Thursday 28th October 2010
H.E. Mary McAleese, President of Ireland
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Thursday 25th November 2010
” When Does Life Begin? The Frozen Embryo Case”
The Hon. Mr Justice Gerard Hogan S.C.
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Thursday 27th January 2011
” The Presidential Address”
Mr Dermot Manning B.L.
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Thursday 24th February 2011
” The Pill , Fifty Years On”
Dr Mary Short
Specialist in Women’s Medicine
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March 2011 Date TBA
”Children Medical and Legal Issues”
Joint Meeting with Northern Ireland Medico-Legal Society
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Saturday 28th May 2011
Annual Maytime Dinner at the Kildare St and University Club
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Wednesday 8th of June
Annual General Meeting June 2011
Albert Theatre, 6:30pm
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
123, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
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2009 - 2010
Programme for the 54th Session
Thursday 29th October 2009
”Human Swine Flu - Media Hype or Impending Disaster?”
Dr David Hanlon
Irish College of General Practioners Representative,
National Pandemic Committee
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Thursday 26th November 2009
”Courts & Inquires: A Differential Diagnosis”
The Hon Mr Justice Sean Ryan S.C, The High Court
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Thursday 28th January 2010
”The United Nations and The Law”
Ms Patricia O Brien
Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, The United Nations
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Thursday 25th February 2010
”Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia - A Humane Approach to Dying?”
Dr Regina McQuillan
Medical Director, St Francis Hospice Raheny,
Consultant in Palliative Care, Beaumont Hospital
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Thursday 25th March 2010
”Refusal of Consent to Blood Transfusion - When Does No Mean No?”
The Hon. Mr Justive John Hedigan S.C., The High Court
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Saturday 8th May 2010
Annual Maytime Dinner and the Kildare St and University Club
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