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Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the publication of the government's "significant and ambitious" new National Action Plan Against Racism. The plan, which covers the period from 2023 to 2027, was published by ministers yesterday alongside an implementation plan for the first year.

Law firms Arthur Cox and McCann FitzGerald have been recognised for their volunteer work with legal rights group FLAC during the Covid-19 pandemic. FLAC honoured its "Covid Clinic Champions" at its annual justice lecture, which was delivered by Professor Philippe Sands KC.

International human rights lawyer and author Professor Philippe Sands KC will deliver FLAC's annual justice lecture this evening. Professor Sands will launch his latest book, The Last Colony: A Tale of Exile, Justice and Britain’s Colonial Legacy, at the lecture, which is held in memory of Dav

Legal advice and legal representation should be provided to people struggling with consumer debt, legal rights group FLAC has said. The fourth and final paper in FLAC's "Pillar to Post" series on consumer debt issues is due to be published this evening.

Legal rights group FLAC has said it is disappointed by a court decision to refuse a widower's pension to a bereaved member of a cohabiting couple with three children, who had lived together in a committed relationship for 20 years but had not married. The High Court last week refused judicial review

A waste management company which refused to deliver a skip to a halting site has been ordered by the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) to pay €2,000 in compensation for discriminating against Travellers. A man had contacted the company by phone in February 2021 seeking to hire a skip fo

A series for legal guides for NGOs across the two jurisdictions on the island of Ireland have been launched by the Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA), a project of legal rights group FLAC. The first-of-its-kind cross-border project was completed in collaboration with the Public Interest Litigation

Éilís Barry, chief executive of legal rights group FLAC, has been appointed as an adjunct professor with University College Cork (UCC) School of Law. An expert in anti-discrimination, equality and access to justice, Ms Barry has been working closely with UCC through the Traveller Equal

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has found that a bank's refusal to engage with a customer through an Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreter constituted unlawful discrimination. The complaint was brought by Sofiya Kalinova against Permanent TSB after the bank refused to deal with a query she

The combined impact of the pandemic and increased financial pressure on individuals and households has exacerbated the "ongoing crisis of unmet legal need in this country", the head of legal rights group FLAC has warned. Writing in the foreword to FLAC's annual report for 2021, FLAC chief executive

The long-awaited review of the civil legal aid scheme will be led by retired Chief Justice Frank Clarke and will commence work this month, the government has announced. The review group – which has been given a year to complete its work – will also have members drawn from those who work

Legal rights group FLAC has launched a free legal advice and advocacy service for LGBTQI+ people on a pilot basis. The clinic will provide tailored legal advice and information to LGBTQI+ individuals in areas such as family law, gender recognition and access to healthcare.

A hotel discriminated against a homeless family by refusing to honour a booking unless provided with a credit card, the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) has ruled. Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the WRC's decisions in four linked discrimination complaints taken by a family against Charlevi

Legal rights group FLAC has welcomed the Irish government's acceptance of four UN recommendations on civil legal aid. Ireland has accepted over 200 recommendations arising from the UN Human Rights Council's recent review of Ireland's human rights record through the universal period review (UPR) mech

Legal rights group FLAC has reported a "significant increase" in family law queries to its helpline since Christmas. More than a third (35.5 per cent) of all calls to FLAC helplines last week were for family law queries, making it the biggest category, The Irish Times reports.