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The following is the script supplied by Mr Justice Adrian Hardiman:

For many years now there have been close links between the legal profession and the world of journalism. Many people who have gone on to a distinguished career in the law have had their first work experience in journalism and by the same token many established journalists have gone on to distinguished legal careers. One thinks of the former Chief Justice Ó Dálaigh, of my great and good friend Hugh O’Flaherty and, in more recent times, of Michael O’Higgins S.C. who I am sure many of you knew in his earlier incarnation as a journalist. Other examples could be given.