Legal Aid Board

The Legal Aid Board welcomed justice minister Jim O'Callaghan and minister for children, disability and equality Norma Foley to its Tralee Law Centre.

The Legal Aid Board welcomed junior minister Niall Collins to its Limerick Law and Family Mediation Centre for a tour on Friday. Mr Collins, the Limerick County TD appointed earlier this year as minister of state in the Department of Justice, met with staff and was given an overview of the vital leg

The Legal Aid Board has opened a new law and family mediation centre in Castlebar. The new centre in Cavendish House brings the former law centre and family mediation office under one roof and is expected to assist more than 1,000 people in its first year of operation.

The Legal Aid Board has established a nationwide legal and mediation information helpline in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The helpline, at 1890 615 200, provides information to callers on civil legal aid and family mediation services and basic legal information.

The family justice system in Ireland is "at a crisis point" with reform frustrated by poor facilities, ineffective use of funding and an overly-adversarial approach to cases, the Legal Aid Board’s annual conference has heard. This year’s event, titled ‘Change is coming - Reform of

The progress of reforms to the family justice system will be the focus of the Legal Aid Board's 2019 annual conference next week. Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan will open the conference, which will hear from members of the judiciary on potential improvements to the family justice system, as well