Bill Holohan SC

The latest Law Society Gazette lawsociety.ie/gazette/issues/ includes my article re potential costs consequences for solicitors who fail to comply with their section 14 Mediation Act 2017 obligations in relation to advising on mediation before commencing legal proceedings.

Today’s Financial Times has an article regarding neighbour disputes and mirable dictu, suggests media on as the appropriate form of dispute resolution. @TheIPMOie @MediatorsInstit @ciarbireland @civil_mediation @LawSocEdu

For those who are old enough to remember, it was 55 years ago today on 15 February 1971 that Ireland switched to a decimal currency.

explores why negotiations stall and how skilled neutrals can help parties move forward with judgment, creativity, and care. Register for the FREE ABA webinar at: americanbar.org/events.../mtg/… @LawSocEdu @SLACork @LimkBarAssoc @DSBA2022 @DSBAYoungMems @TheIPMOie @MediatorsInstit

The American Bar Association is hosting a FREE Webinar on 12 March when David Hoffman, mediator, arbitrator, and educator, discusses his new book "The Art of Breaking Impasse". Drawing on real cases and practice-based insights and interviewed by ABA Section Chair LIz Hill, David

explores why negotiations stall and how skilled neutrals can help parties move forward with judgment, creativity, and care. You can register for the FREE ABA webinar at: americanbar.org/events-cle/mtg…

FOA Mediators - Who is your favourite Poet or Poetess? Mine has to be Emily Dickinson. @TheIPMOie @civil_mediation @MBBIntl @The_Mediator @MediatorsInstit @LawSocEdu @KingsInns @SLACork @LimkBarAssoc /@DSBA2022 @DSBAYoungMems

@IrishRail Tullamore Station. Bad knee. Told Platform 2 for Dublin train. No lift. 1st time for stairs. Told Platform 1 . 2nd time stairs. Then told it is Platform 2. 3rd time for stairs. @ 20 passengers waiting on 2. Train arrives to Platform 1. 4th time on the stairs. 🤯😖

I do not have, i.e. a monthly subscription for Adobe Pro, without incurring a penalty charge! @Adobe @AdobeSupport

et cetera. The telephone number for them in Dublin Ireland rings out without being answered. Last month I finally resorted to sending an old-fashioned letter in the post. I have had no response whatsoever. Meanwhile, I cannot cancel the credit card authorisation for a service

VERY POOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FROM ADOBE Does anyone know how one might contact a human being in Adobe Support? For over a month, I have been trying to get a response from Adobe in relation to a service request. There appears to be no way to contact them online. No email address

Most people in Ireland have heard renditions of  "An Poc ar Buile". A particularly famous rendition  was that delivered by the late Seán Ó Sé who sadly died during the week. However, how many people actually know what the words of the song mean in English? Have a go yourself.

I went to see the movie Saipan last night. (Curiously enough, my moviegoing companion was a Judge). We agreed that the outcome could have been very different if they had used a mediator ~ who knows, we might have won the World Cup? @LawSocIreland @TheIPMOie @MediatorsInstit

“Per tenebras lucem quaero” - “Through the darkness, I seek the light.” A good motto for a mediator. @TheIPMOie @MediatorsInstit @LawSocEdu @ciarbireland @

@AdobeCare As requested

@AdobeCare I have a subscription to Adobe Pro. My laptop had to be rebuilt after a crash. I wish to reinstall Pro but cannot get any response from Adobe to emails or calls. I have had to resort to sending a letter to Adobe in Dublin Ireland.

@Adobe Having had to rebuild my Microsoft Surface Computer, I need to download and reinstall Adobe Pro, but all attempts to make online, electronic or telephone contact with Adobe have failed. I have now sent a letter by post.

What is the favourite hymn of Microsoft employees? – “Dingdong merrily on High Hosanna in Excel sheets.”

Pun my word – Some people at Christmas time enjoy pulling Christmas crackers with family and friends and even some of those enjoy the corny jokes and puns to be found within the Christmas crackers. Here is a little compendium to get you started.

crossword puzzles were featured in almost all American papers. It was in this period crosswords began to assume their familiar form. Ten years after its rebirth in the States it crossed the Atlantic and re-conquered Europe.

in a Sunday paper, the New York World. Wynne's puzzle. Wynne’s puzzle differed from today's crosswords in that it was diamond shaped and contained no internal black squares. During the early 1920's other newspapers picked up the newly discovered pastime & within a decade

It must have been something to do with the dark days of winter – 112 years ago today 21 December 1913: The first known published crossword puzzle was created by a Liverpool journalist named Arthur Wynne, usually credited as the inventor of the popular word game. It appeared