Meet our new staff, 5/4/13
MLRC is delighted to welcome two new personnel on board: Shauna Curran as a new part-time administrator taking the place of Rita Ann Burke. We wish Rita Ann all the best in her new venture! Also, welcome to Sinead Breathnach, apprentice solicitor, to our offices here at 25 Cork Street. Sinead is an apprentice at Mason, Hayes […]
Case Study on Housing Needs Assessment, 3/4/13
Read another example of the successful work carried out by the Mercy Law Resource Centre. Case study One of our clients, referred to us by a women’s refuge, had left the family home due to domestic violence. The local authority refused to place her on their housing list as she was a homeowner. The refuge […]
Case study of a Befriender’s role, 2/4/2013
Since MLRC’s inception in 2009, we have provided advice and representation to 1,573 clients. In 2010, 2011 & 2012, MLRC provided advice and representation to 270, 541 & 631 clients respectively. Here is an example of our work in recent times. Case study One of our clients, a mother of two young children was homeless […]
MLRC E-zine Volume 1, 2013
You can read the eZine here.
Forgiven Not Forgotten
forgiven, not forgotten? The proposal to introduce ‘spent’ convictions for those convicted of minor criminal offences is overl restrictive, argues Louise McQuaid Read Full Article
Homelessness Policy Statement, 8/3/13
Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) welcomes the Homelessness Policy Statement launched on the 21st of February 2013 by Housing Minister, Jan O’Sullivan. This statement sets 2016 as the target for ending long-term homelessness and also puts the “housing led” philosophy at the centre of policy in this area. Housing led approaches provide people with long-term […]
Tenancy succession, 5/2/13
Mercy Law Resource Centre recently acted for a mother of two young children who had been requested by the Local Authority to vacate her property following the death of her grandmother. The Local Authority advised our client that she was not entitled to succeed her grandmother’s tenancy as she did not meet the criteria that […]
Submission on Spent Convictions, 17/1/13
Blog, 17 January 2013 MLRC Submission on Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has today published its submission on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012. MLRC welcomes the introduction of the proposed spent conviction scheme which permits individuals with a minor criminal conviction, after the lapse of a […]
MLRC’s December 2012 E-zine
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Blog, 21st Dec 2012
Christmas Gathering at Mercy Law Resource Centre on Friday, 14th December 2012 MLRC were delighted to invite friends, volunteers, funders, organisations and agencies working in partnership with Mercy Law Resource Centre to our Christmas Gathering on the 14th December 2012. Staff and Board members were on hand to welcome and inform all who attended about the […]
