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European Human Rights Chief welcomes Government's transgender decision
Issued 31 August 2010 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg has welcomed the Government's decision "at long last" to recognise transgender woman Lydia Foy as a …
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FLAC welcomes decision to quash jury ban on deaf woman
Issued 14 July 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
No blanket exclusion of deaf jurors, but state should go further FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres), which represented deaf woman Joan Clarke, welcomed the ruling of the High …
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International bodies can protect rights at home
Issued 7 May 2010 |human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
uuLegal rights organisation FLAC today encouraged people in Ireland to use international legal mechanisms to protect their rights at home. Speaking at a seminar organised by …
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Deaf jurors plan welcomed by legal rights body
Issued 31 March 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed a proposal to allow deaf and blind persons to serve on juries. FLAC (Free Legal Advice Centres) has taken a High Court case challenging …
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Provision for asylum seekers fails to measure up under human rights law, 10 years on
Issued 18 February 2010 |access-to-justice|human-rights-law|public-interest-law|
At a joint media event today in Dublin's Buswells Hotel to mark United Nations Social Justice Day, legal rights group FLAC called for full-scale reform of the system that …
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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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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). …
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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 |access-to-justice|civil-legal-aid|human-rights-law|
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 …