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Election candidates have been challenged by legal rights group FLAC to commit to supporting a "right to justice" for those on low incomes. The group is asking candidates to pledge they will work to ensure adequate resourcing of civil legal aid and will back a "root and branch" review of the legal ai

A key UN committee has backed calls for Ireland's civil legal aid scheme to be expanded to help combat racial discrimination in employment and welfare. The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has issued its recommendations to the Government following a formal examination of Stat

A new coalition of legal bodies, charities and NGOs has launched a campaign calling on the Government to immediately allocate the funding necessary to develop a dedicated family law courts complex at the Hammond Lane site. The "Courting Disaster" campaign involves the Law Society of Ireland, The Bar

The lack of legal aid for racial discrimination and harassment claims in Ireland is depriving people from ethnic minority backgrounds of their rights, FLAC will tell UN experts today. Eilis Barry, chief executive of the legal rights group, is giving evidence in Geneva to the UN Committee on the Elim

The gender recognition process for 16- and 17-year-olds will be simplified under new legislation announced by the Government. Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty said she will seek to amend the Gender Recognition Act 2015 in response to the findings of a review group which reported back last s

A root and branch review of the provision of civil legal aid is urgently needed, the Oireachtas justice committee has heard . Eilis Barry, CEO of FLAC, joined a range of legal experts and representatives of the legal profession this morning at a committee meeting on the issue of "Access to Justice a

Former president Mary Robinson has commended legal rights group FLAC for creating a community of lawyers who pursue access to justice for those who need its services most. Mrs Robinson, the current chair of The Elders and a former FLAC volunteer, was the guest of honour at the organisation’s 5

Former president Mary Robinson will reflect on her long history with FLAC at the legal rights group's 50th anniversary celebrations on Friday. The special event, incorporating the Annual Dave Ellis Memorial, will look back at FLAC throughout the decades and thank all those who have helped to improve

Far too many people are representing themselves in family law proceedings, legal rights group FLAC has warned. The Oireachtas justice committee yesterday published its report on the family law system, which chairman Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said made “abundantly clear that the

There should be a "legal aid audit" when any new legislation is passed, the head of legal rights group FLAC has said.

Legal rights group FLAC has appointed Ingrid Colvin as its new volunteer and clinics co-ordinator. Ms Colvin, who has worked in the community and voluntary sector for over 20 years, will build volunteer capacity in FLAC clinics in Dublin and Cork, through working with local Citizens Information Cent

Mr Justice Frank Clarke's speech on access to justice in Ireland, delivered at legal rights group FLAC's 50th anniversary conference, has been published on YouTube.

A bill which would stop banks from selling loans to investment funds without borrowers' permission has won backing from legal rights group FLAC. Chief executive Eilis Barry and senior policy analyst Paul Joyce gave evidence on Sinn Féin's No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019 to the joint Oireachtas

A landlord discriminated against a homeless man by telling him that they would not accept Housing Assistance Payment (HAP), the Circuit Court has ruled. The case marks the first time a discrimination case from the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) on the "housing assistance ground" has been appea

Students at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) are set to mark the 50th anniversary of legal rights group FLAC with a special meeting to be addressed by three of its four founders. FLAC was founded in 1969 by four law students - David Byrne, Denis McCullough, Ian Candy and Vivian Lavan - after they were i