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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 … -
2012 annual report shows busy year as thousands received legal help
Issued 15 July 2013 |access-to-justice|flac-information|public-interest-law|
Legal rights group FLAC says its annual report for 2012 shows there is not just a fundamental need in Irish society for accessible legal information and advice for … -
FLAC Submission on Legal Services Regulation Bill 2011
Issued 8 July 2013 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
Following the publication of an opinion piece by FLAC's Director General Noeline Blackwell in today's Irish Times on legal services reform (Cap on legal case costs would be …
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Ireland in breach of human rights law on transgender recognition
Issued 23 May 2013 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
Ireland today is in clear and flagrant breach of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because of its failure to legally recognise Dr Lydia Foy as a woman. And the …
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PILA to host 'Half Day Seminar on Public Interest Litigation'
Issued 30 September 2010 |access-to-justice|public-interest-law|
PILA - the Public Interest Law Alliance which is a project of FLAC - are delighted to invite you to a half day seminar on public interest litigation on 29th October from 2:00 …