April Fools Day Comedy Gala 2015

Thank you to everyone who supported The April Fools Day Comedy Gala in aid of MLRC! Thank you to everyone who came to the second annual April Fools Comedy Gala on 1 April in the Sugar Club! You raised almost €4,000 for MLRC! Thank you for your huge support which helps ensure that MLRC can […]

Christmas Gathering December 2014

MLRC were delighted to host another Christmas event, which gave us an opportunity in an informal way to thank friends, funders, befrienders, interns along with members of the Board and staff for their work and support during the year, which has kept Mercy Law Resource Centre in a position to continue to offer free legal […]

Launch of MLRC’s 2013 Annual Report June 2014

Launch of MLRC’s 2013 Annual Report, by Minister Jan O’Sullivan, on 11 June 2014 On Wednesday 11 June 2014, MLRC welcomed Minister Jan O’Sullivan, Minister of State, Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, with special responsibility for Housing and Planning, to launch MLRC’s 2013 Annual Report. At the launch, representatives from Crosscare, Focus Ireland and […]

April Fools Comedy Gala Fundraiser 2014

Mercy Law Resource Centre presented our first Comedy Gala fundraiser on Tuesday 1 April 2014 in the Sugar Club, Leeson Street, Dublin 2. Thank you to everyone who came – you raised over €2500 for MLRC! Thank you for your huge support which helps ensure that MLRC can continue to provide and develop our services […]

Befriender’s Training Day February 2014

MLRC thanks our Befrienders and Maeve Hurley and Evanna Lyons of “Ag Eisteacht” for supporting our Befriending Service at an excellent training day in February One of Mercy Law Resource Centre’s key services is our Befriending service. Our Befriender volunteers befriend clients to accompany them and provide them with emotional and practical support as they go […]

Christmas Gathering at MLRC 14th Dec 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 work of MLRC over the course of 2012. The venue was […]

Housing Group Launches Booklet

MLRC has, together with other members of a Housing Policy Group, prepared a Housing Information Booklet “Social Housing Rights Explained” It was launched on the 18th April in the Dublin City Council Civic Offices, Wood Quay, Dublin 8. There was a large attendance on the morning and they heard presentations from Clare Naughton (Solicitor at […]

Housing Conference at NUI Galway

The Centre for Housing Law, Rights and Policy, in NUI Galway held a conference entitled “Key Contemporary Housing Issues in a Changing Europe” on April 20th and 21st in Aras Moyola, NUIG. Speakers included Justice Mary Laffoy, Jan O’ Sullivan, Minister for Housing and Planning, and Prof. Stefan Gerlach of the Central Bank. They addressed […]