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20 years since the Civil Legal Aid means test was last updated.
Issued 1 September 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
Today marks 20 years since the Civil Legal Aid means test was last updated. Since 1 September 2006, the disposable income limit for access to civil legal aid has been set at …
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UN Human Rights Review: FLAC and ICCL highlight risk of backsliding on human rights and equality in Ireland
Issued 25 August 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) and ICCL (the Irish Council for Civil Liberties) have raised serious concerns about human rights and equality in Ireland in advance of the …
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Independent Law Centres warn that last-minute amendments to Housing Bill will deprive homeless people of access to emergency shelter and leave them at risk of destitution
Issued 8 July 2026 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Five of Ireland’s Independent Law Centres have expressed their serious concerns about Report Stage amendments to the Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous …
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FLAC calls on Minister to carry out a major redraft of controversial Judicial Review Bill in light of Oireachtas Justice Committee report recommendations, and to undertake consultation and research before any changes proceed
Issued 26 June 2026 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
FLAC has welcomed the publication of the Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs & Migration’s Report on Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Civil …
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Joint Statement - Independent Law Centres express “grave concerns” about rushed Housing Bill which could result in a rise in Homelessness & Rough-Sleeping
Issued 10 June 2026 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
Five of Ireland’s Independent Law Centres have written to the Minister for Housing and the Oireachtas Housing Committee to express their serious concerns about the Housing …
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“Hands Off the Referee”: Civil society says political pressure on human rights courts risks damaging the ECHR system
Issued 15 May 2026 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Civil society organisations in the UK and Ireland are concerned that the new Council of Europe political declaration on migration released on the 15th May at a Council of …
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Groups North and South of Ireland Unite to Warn UK and Ireland Against Weakening Human Rights
Issued 12 May 2026 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Groups North and South of Ireland Unite to Warn UK and Ireland Against Weakening Human Rights: Joint letter sent to UK Prime Minister and Irish Taoiseach ahead of Council of …
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FLAC welcomes comments from President Connolly regarding civil legal aid, “unmet legal need” and the “many barriers that remain to be overcome” in achieving access to justice in Ireland
Issued 29 April 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
President Catherine Connolly spoke yesterday (28 April) at the launch of the first Dublin branch of the University of Galway Business and Law Alumni. FLAC welcomes her …
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FLAC: This International Women’s Day we need Access to Justice to make Women’s Rights Real and Effective #IWD2026
Issued 4 March 2026 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
In advance of International Women’s Day 2026, FLAC has written to members of the Oireachtas to highlight the barriers to justice faced by women in Ireland, including a …
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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 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
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 …
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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 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
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 …
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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 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
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, …
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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 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
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. …
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FLAC welcomes the publication and recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee Report which adopts our call for comprehensive new equality laws.
Issued 10 October 2025 |human-rights-law|
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) …
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WRC orders Beauty Salon to pay compensation for discrimination against Traveller family
Issued 7 August 2025 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|
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). …