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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

Legal rights group FLAC has appointed Deirdre Malone as legal manager of its Public Interest Law Alliance (PILA) project. Ms Malone, who has previously worked as a barrister in private practice, stepped down as executive director of the Irish Penal Reform Trust (IPRT) earlier this month in order to

President Michael D. Higgins yesterday warned that barriers to access to justice in Ireland are damaging "the very fabric of our society, entrenching and exacerbating inequality". The president mounted a strong defence of legal aid in his speech at the officially opening of legal rights group FLAC's