Newly qualified Shona welcomed as new solicitor at District court

REcENTLY qualified solicitor Shona Goring was introduced at Dundalk District court last Thursday where she was welcomed by the court clerk, gardaí and members of the bar.

Shona is from Drogheda and is the only child of Bernette Kierans and Brendan Goring.

She was introduced by Frank McDonnell Solicitor who welcomed her as one of the ever-growing list of young solicitors in the town. He told the court that Shona attended our Lady’s college Greenhills in Drogheda before going on to study sociology, politics, and law in National University of Ireland, Galway between 20142017 and subsequently obtaining a Bachelor of civil Law degree in Dublin city University in 2020. Shona sat the New York Bar exams in December 2020 and now qualifies for admission in the state of New York. However, Shona chose the bright lights of Dundalk over those of Manhattan and has been training with Brian Berrills and company solicitors since March 2021 and qualified as a solicitor in February this year. He noted also that since qualifying Shona had taken up the position of Secretary of the Louth Bar association. She was also welcomed by the court clerk on behalf of the courts Services, Sergeant James McGovern on behalf of an Garda Siochana and Henry

Shona has been training with Brian Berrills and Company solicitors.

Lynch BL welcomed her on behalf of the members of the Bar. Shona thanked everyone for their kind words and said she was grateful for the assistance afforded to her during her training by her colleagues and court staff and paid tribute to her training solicitor, Mr Stephen Reel and all the staff at Brian Berrills & company. In taking up her position with the company, Brian Berrills & company are now the largest firm of solicitors in Dundalk. chase scheme for those on a HaP tenancy.

‘There will be a room too many or a room too few or they might not be long enough on the housing list. Unless those criteria change, that is not going to cut the mustard.

‘Louth county council is processing 20 applications at the minute and its target is 30. That is not going to change anything given the need that is there. We need to get real about this’.

‘The sensible thing would be not to lift the eviction ban until such time as these proposed measures are in place’.

1—Complete the saying: ‘March comes in like a lion and goes out like a ....’?

2—Honeycrisp, Gala and Pink Lady are all types of what?

3—Which Spanish singer’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star is kept in pristine condidtion by a devoted band of elderly women?

4—Which actor played the nine-year old Cole Sear in the movie The Sixth Sense?

5—According to Google maps is Dundalk closer to Belfast city centre or Dublin city centre?

6—The name of which popular French dance derives from the French word for duck?

7—Who won the 1976 Eurovision Song Contest for the UK with Save Your Kisses For Me?

8—In which decade of the 19th century was the Irish Potato Famine?

9—Which is the largest vein in the human body?

10—Not including caretaker managers how many different men have managed the Republic of Ireland senior soccer team since Jack Charlton stepped down in 1995? Stinker—The songs Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen, Space Oddity by David Bowie, Song 2 by Blur and Blue Monday by New Order all have what in common?

—this week’s answers—

They are all songs that don’t mention the song title in the lyrics.

1—Lamb, 2—Apples, 3—Julio Iglesias, 4—Haley Joel Osment, 5—Dublin city centre (81.5km to Dublin city centre compared to 83.5km to Belfast city centre), 6—Can-Can (derived from the word canard), 7—Brotherhood of Man, 8—1840’s, 9—Vena Cava, 10—Six- Mick McCarthy, Brian Kerr, Stephen Staunton, Giovanni Trapattoni, Martin O’Neill and Stephen Kenny. The Stinker:

The Birches aGM takes place tonight

The North Louth branch of the Alzheimer Society of Ireland will hold its AGM in The Birches, Priorland Road, Dundalk at 7pm on Wednesday March 29th.

Its monthly support group takes place in The Birches this Thursday (March 30th), also at 7pm.