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New legal resource for NGOs on data protection through pro bono legal initiative
Issued 25 November 2016 |public-interest-law|
Leading Irish law firm McCann FitzGerald and the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) today launched a handbook on data protection for NGOs and community organisations. … -
More action needed to avoid surge in homelessness among people in deep mortgage arrears
Issued 17 May 2016 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|
The Oireachtas Housing and Homelessness Committee will hear today from legal rights group FLAC on how the state might avert the threat of homelessness to the 30,000 … -
Attention law students - Fellowship 2016 now open!
Issued 19 November 2015 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
FLAC is now accepting applications for the 2016 Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship – a unique opportunity awarded each summer to an Irish law student interested in working on … -
Budget 2016: Government must remember those who are not part of recovery
Issued 13 October 2015 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
Legal rights group FLAC today said while there was much to welcome in Budget 2016, its focus on ‘keeping the recovery going’ should not mean it left behind those who have … -
Survey: Irish lawyers ready, willing and able to help for social good
Issued 16 March 2015 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
The first ever survey on pro bono legal work in Ireland reveals a strong and growing appetite among the legal professions for providing help to those who cannot afford it. … -
Analysis of mortgage arrears data shows Government strategy not working
Issued 15 January 2015 |access-to-justice|consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|
An in-depth analysis of the steps taken by the state and lenders to resolve the owner occupier mortgage arrears crisis indicates that the Government’s current approach is … -
Wider view needed for new mortgage lending rules
Issued 9 December 2014 |consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|
In regulating how much a person can borrow to buy a house, the State must also take into account not just the Central Bank’s proposals but the wider crises in housing and … -
Consumer protection on agenda for new Oireachtas term
Issued 17 September 2014 |access-to-justice|consumer-credit-law-reform|public-interest-law|
Legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) will mark the first day of the new Dáil term today with a presentation on legal protection for consumers of financial … -
Oireachtas committee report on lenders' handling of mortgage arrears is challenge for Finance Minister
Issued 8 July 2014 |access-to-justice|consumer-credit-law-reform|debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|
Legal rights group FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) today welcomed a comprehensive report from an Oireachtas committee tasked with reviewing the way banks in Ireland handle … -
Law as a Vehicle for Social Change: 7th Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture
Issued 9 January 2014 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|flac-information|public-interest-law|social-welfare-law-reform|
FLAC held its 7th annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture on 5 December 2013. The guest speaker was Martin O'Brien, Senior Vice President for Programmes at the Atlantic … -
2014 Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship
Issued 4 December 2013 |flac-information|public-interest-law|
FLAC is now welcoming applications from law students, graduates, postgraduates and Law Society students for the 2014 Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship. The Fellowship is run in … -
Concerns remain for those in mortgage arrears
Issued 28 November 2013 |debt-law-reform|public-interest-law|
FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) was glad to see that there was a small reduction in the numbers of family home mortgage accounts in short term arrears in the figures … -
Irish transgender champion Lydia Foy among top European Campaigners of 2013
Issued 25 September 2013 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
Long-time transgender campaigner Lydia Foy travels to London tomorrow for the selection of this year’s European Campaigner of the Year. Ms Foy has been shortlisted as one … -
Lydia Foy Honoured by European Diversity Body
Issued 30 August 2013 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
Irish transgender woman Lydia Foy has been shortlisted for Campaigner of the Year for the highly prestigious European Diversity Awards. Ms Foy is one of eight nominees for … -
First step towards transgender recognition law welcome but government must not blunder on forced divorce
Issued 18 July 2013 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
News that the Irish government has at last produced draft legislation to finally recognise transgender people in their true gender has been welcomed by legal rights group …