Why the right to housing should be enshrined in the Irish Constitution
‘The right to housing would help those who are facing homelessness now and would be a fundamental safeguard against the recurrence of this gravely unacceptable crisis You can read the article here.
Why the right to housing should be enshrined in the Constitution- Article by MLRC in the Irish Times, Tuesday 25 August
There is no right to housing in Irish law. The crisis in homelessness has shown up the glaring lack of legal protection for those who are homeless or facing homelessness. The right to housing in our Constitution would help those who are facing homelessness now and would be a fundamental safeguard against the recurrence of […]
MLRC welcomes Clara Dorman
MLRC is delighted to welcome Clara Dorman, as intern with MLRC for the month of August 2015. Clara is going into her final year at the University of Warwick. During her time at Warwick Clara completed an Erasmus year in Finland studying international public law. Clara’s interests are in constitutional and administrative law, family law, […]
MLRC E-zine summer 2015 now available to read
Read the latest news from MLRC, including successful outcomes for clients, updates on our policy work, details on our training programmes, new staff and volunteers and more. Read our latest e-zine here. Subscribe to our e-zine Disclaimer All information provided on this Blog is provided for information purposes only and does not constitute legal […]
Mercy Law Resource Centre welcomes Daire McCormack-George
MLRC is delighted to welcome Dáire McCormack George, as intern with MLRC from mid-July to mid-August. Dáire is a Scholar of Trinity College, Dublin and the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Trinity College Law Review, Ireland’s oldest and leading student law journal. Dáire was also the joint winner of the Trinity FLAC Public Interest Law Moot […]
Launch of MLRC’s 2014 Annual Report, by Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, on 7 May 2015
On 7 May 2015, MLRC welcomed Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, to launch MLRC’s 2014 Annual Report. Also speaking at the launch were Sr. Peggy Collins, Provincial Leader of the South Central Province of the Sisters of Mercy, and Brendan Murphy, Service Manager, Dublin Simon. Sr Peggy spoke about the Order’s support of MLRC, […]
MLRC successfully advocates for client who was refused access to housing list and homeless priority due to having “made herself homeless” and rent arrears. Local authority cannot impose such further criterion of manner in which became homeless into finding as to whether “homeless” or not
Our client presented to us as she was in emergency accommodation with her children having been evicted in March 2014 for rent arrears accrued unknowingly over a ten year period. Her social housing support application had been deferred and the reason given was due to ‘rent arrears from former voluntary housing tenancy’. She faced two […]
MLRC Client granted Need for Assistance Letter – client had been suspended from social housing list as had been evicted from her local authority house due to rent arrears
Our client presented to us as she was suspended from social housing support as she was evicted from her Council home on the basis of rent arrears in 2014. There was also an issue with abandonment. The Case Our client was a tenant in a local authority house and had experienced anti-social behaviour from neighbours […]
Family suffering severe anti-social behaviour awarded priority on transfer list – MLRC successfully legally advocated for family to be given priority
MLRC has been acting for a family in a case involving disturbing anti-social behaviour and persistent racist abuse. It was only after a very long battle with SDCC that this matter has been finally resolved and it is instructive to look at the way in which the case was resolved and the difficulties that family […]
MLRC E-zine, Summer 2015
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