IHREC v Daft Media Limited (Daft.ie)
On the 6th August 2019 the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) delivered its decision following a complaint brought against Daft Media Limited (Daft.ie) by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). This complaint concerned advertisements for rental properties, hosted on Daft.ie, which the IHREC argued contravened section 12 of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2015. S […]
Marking 10 years of Mercy Law- Launch of 2018 Annual Report
Mercy Law Resource Centre cordially invites you to the launch of Mercy Law Resource Centre 2018 Annual Report To be launched by Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice We will also be reflecting on ten years of MLRC Date: Monday 16th September 2019 Time: 11 a.m. Venue: Wisdom Centre, Sophia Housing, 25 Cork Street, Dublin 8 […]
MLRC is delighted to welcome Sinead McGarrigle as our new solicitor and colleague
Mercy Law Resource Centre is delighted to welcome solicitor Sinead McGarrigle to our team. Sinead will join Managing Solicitor Rebecca Keatinge, Solicitor Paul Dornan and Volunteer Solicitor Aoife Gillespie and will be providing legal advice and representation on housing and homeless matters. Previously an associate in Competition and EU Law at McCann Fitzgerald, Sinead will be […]
Vulnerable client overcomes barriers to accessing the housing list with MLRC intervention
We recently acted for a client who was a long way down the road to recovery from addiction but was met with what seemed to her to be an impossible obstacle. She was unable to secure stable housing and move on in her life when she could not get on the housing list in Dublin. […]
MLRC is delighted to welcome Aoife Gillespie as our new volunteer solicitor and colleague
Mercy Law Resource Centre is delighted to welcome Aoife to our team of solicitors. Aoife will be working with Mercy Law as a volunteer solicitor. Aoife’s work will predominantly focus on working with families in long-term homelessness and to explore legal remedies available to them to address their most difficult housing situations. Aoife is a […]
Mercy Law Resource Centre presents Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
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MLRC is delighted to welcome Paul Dornan as our new solicitor and colleague
Mercy Law Resource Centre is delighted to welcome Paul to our team of solicitors this week. Paul is a solicitor with extensive experience in family and child law having worked for the Legal Aid Board as a part of the civil legal aid and advice team at Finglas Law Centre. Prior to this, Paul was […]
Mercy Law Resource Centre, Training Workshops in Social Welfare Law
Professor Gerry Whyte, Associate Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, and Director on the MLRC Board of Directors, will deliver a comprehensive series of six training workshops on social welfare law. This course will provide a detailed overview of social welfare law. The purpose of the course is to provide participants with an up-to-date and […]
Mercy Law are currently recruiting a Volunteer Befriender Co-ordinator
Mercy Law Resource Centre is currently remodelling our volunteer befriender programme and are now looking to recruit a Volunteer Befriender Co-ordinator. Our volunteer befriender programme offers an opportunity to engage and participate as active citizens and to support those who are marginalised and vulnerable. It specifically seeks to capitalise on the life experience of community-minded […]
MLRC partnering with new organisations to have greater reach and impact
We are delighted to have linked in with several new organisations in recent months and to be able to extend our reach to vulnerable individuals, who are experiencing serious housing difficulty, and also to support the valuable work of organisations supporting individuals and families who are experiencing homelessness. Towards the end of 2018, we were […]
