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Deaf man receives landmark award from WRC for disability discrimination by the National Council for Special Education
Issued 18 February 2026
Noel O’Connell (a deaf man represented by FLAC) has succeeded in a disability discrimination complaint against the National Council for Special Education (‘NCSE’) under … -
Urgent reform needed to avoid the collapse of Ireland’s system of Civil Legal Aid during 2026, FLAC tells Oireachtas Justice Committee
Issued 17 February 2026
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs & Migration this afternoon (17 February) as part of the … -
Major FLAC & TCD Law School Conference on Civil Legal Aid: FLAC highlights “deepening of access to justice crisis” and risk of collapse of Legal Aid services during 2026
Issued 12 January 2026
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) and the Law School at Trinity College Dublin will hold a major day-long conference, titled Civil Legal Aid: From Review to Reform, … -
Renowned Human Rights Lawyer and Academic Professor Colm Ó Cinnéide to deliver Annual FLAC Justice Lecture, alongside a reading by Stephen Rea from Daniel O’Connell’s speeches
Issued 8 December 2025
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) will hold its Annual Justice Lecture at 6:30pm on Monday, 8th December 2025 in the King’s Inns, Constitution Hill, Dublin 7. … -
FLAC welcomes the publication and recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee Report which adopts our call for comprehensive new equality laws.
Issued 10 October 2025
The Joint Committee on Children and Equality has published their Report on the Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) … -
WRC orders Beauty Salon to pay compensation for discrimination against Traveller family
Issued 7 August 2025
The WRC has issued decisions in discrimination cases taken against a beauty salon by a Traveller mother and her two daughters (who were represented in their cases by FLAC). … -
Publication of Civil Legal Aid Review reports is a “landmark opportunity” for access to justice in Ireland; FLAC calls for implementation of Minority Report recommendations
Issued 24 July 2025
The Minister for Justice has published the reports arising from the Review of the Scheme of Civil Legal Aid. FLAC campaigned for the review, which is the first comprehensive … -
United Nations Human Rights Committee calls for urgent improvements to Ireland’s legal aid system; CEDAW is one of eight international human rights bodies which have voiced concerns about access to justice in Ireland
Issued 8 July 2025
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Committee has issued its report on Ireland’s progress in meeting its international … -
Legal NGO FLAC launches Annual Report; Calls for Urgent Action in response to Ireland’s “Legal Aid Crisis”
Issued 30 June 2025
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan TD will launch FLAC’s 2024 Annual Report, titled “Do Something About It!”, at 9:30am on Monday, 30 June 2025. FLAC (Free Legal … -
Proposed reductions to the social welfare entitlements of divorced and separated lone parents not required by O’Meara judgment, FLAC tells Oireachtas Committee
Issued 18 June 2025
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) appeared before the Oireachtas Social Welfare Committee this morning (18 June 2025) to outline its proposed amendments to the Social Welfare … -
Traveller family were entitled to take Judicial Review case challenging “unfair” Circuit Court Discrimination appeal, Court of Appeal finds
Issued 9 June 2025
The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal taken by a hotel which sought to overturn a High Court decision in favour of a young Traveller family who were subject to an … -
FLAC calls for amendments to Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill which will give effect to O’Meara judgment
Issued 25 March 2025
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has published its preliminary analysis and recommendations concerning the the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025. The 2025 …
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Exclusion of blind student from Summer Provision Scheme constituted disability discrimination, WRC finds
Issued 30 September 2024
The secondary school student (who was represented by FLAC) made discrimination complaints to the Workplace Relations Commission about his exclusion from the Summer Provision … -
PRESS RELEASE: FLAC Annual Report 2023
Issued 23 September 2024
Work of legal NGO FLAC demonstrates the powerful impact of access to justice, and unmet need for early legal information and advice FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has … -
High Court quashes “Unfair” Circuit Court Decision in Traveller Family’s Hotel Discrimination Case
Issued 9 September 2024
The young family (represented by FLAC) had succeeded in a WRC discrimination case against Charleville Park Hotel after it denied them access to accommodation. Their victory …