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Proposed new equality legislation should also ban discrimination on the grounds of socio-economic status and gender identity, FLAC has said. The legal rights group appeared before the joint Oireachtas equality committee yesterday morning as part of the pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme

The legal advocacy group which led a Supreme Court battle on behalf of a bereaved family denied access to a social welfare payment has welcomed the passage of legislation righting that wrong. The Social Welfare (Bereaved Partners and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025 has now been approved by

FLAC has called on the government to deal with the "civil legal aid crisis" as it revealed enormous demand for its services in 2024. The NGO's annual report for 2024, published today, shows that its telephone information and referral line answered 11,435 queries last year, including a record high of

The social protection minister has come under further pressure to justify why legislation brought in response to a Supreme Court ruling will remove social welfare entitlements of divorced and separated lone parents. The Bereaved Partner's Pension Bill 2025 has been introduced by the government in re

Social welfare legislation introduced in response to a landmark Supreme Court judgment proposes to make unnecessary changes which "may be inconsistent" with the judgment itself, FLAC has said. The Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 was drawn up by the government in response to the

The Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of a Traveller family who challenged a Circuit Court decision by way of judicial review instead of a statutory appeal. The family had initially pursued both a judicial review and a statutory appeal following a Circuit Court ruling which overturned a finding in

A series of events next week will highlight how pro bono legal assistance can help the legal world and community and social justice organisations advance their shared interest in access to justice, equality and human rights. Ireland's annual Pro Bono Week, running from 9–13 June 2025 as part o

FLAC was able to answer just over a fifth of the 50,000 calls to its legal information and referral telephone line last year, according to its latest annual report. Early legal assistance was provided in response to just 12,472 queries, with the NGO calling on the government to establish a properly-

Deloitte partner Róisín Fitzpatrick has been appointed as interim chairperson of legal rights charity FLAC. Ms Fitzpatrick, a solicitor who works in Deloitte's corporate immigration team, takes the reins from David Fennelly BL, who has served as chairperson since 2021.

FLAC has given its backing to only one of the two proposed constitutional amendments being put to voters next month, describing the wording of the proposed care amendment as "implicitly sexist". The independent human rights and equality organisation today set out its legal analysis of the extent to

FLAC has repeated its call for the proposed family and care amendments to the Constitution to bring in "enforceable rights" rather than only symbolic change. The access to justice charity has also urged government ministers to publish draft legislation spelling out proposed new rights for diverse fa

The wording of the government's proposed constitutional amendments on family and care may remove "offensive" references to women but risk introducing new "harmful stereotypes" about disabled people, an influential legal rights group has warned. FLAC has written to the Taoiseach, the equality ministe

A hotel has been ordered to pay €11,000 to a family who suffered unlawful anti-Traveller discrimination when they were refused access for confirmation celebrations. Margaret O'Sullivan, her sister and her partner, who were represented by FLAC, made discrimination complaints to the Workplace Rel

Legal rights charity FLAC has said it "unequivocally supports" next week's one-day strike by criminal barristers. The Bar Council has called on criminal barristers to withdraw services on 3 October 2023 to pile pressure on government ministers over fee restoration, with fees remaining below 2002 lev

Legal rights group FLAC is seeking lawyers to volunteer in its free legal advice clinics. Those qualified to practice law in Ireland who are looking for an exciting new challenge this autumn and have two hours to spare each month are invited to fill out FLAC's short expression of interest form.