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Press Releases

– Press Release – MLRC Annual Report 2021 launched by Fr Peter McVerry

-Press Release – MLRC Final Hour Campaign – 23 November 2022

– Press Release: MLRC 2020 Annual Report

– Press Release: Minority Groups and Housing Services: Barriers to Access

– Press Release: MLRC Annual Report launched by Minister Darragh O’Brien, 21.9.2020

– Press Release: MLRC launches report on “Lived Experiences of Family Homelessness”
– Press Release: MLRC calls for immediate action on foot of Oireachtas Committee recommendations on family and child homelessness
– Press Release: MLRC calls for immediate action on foot of Oireachtas Committee recommendations on family and child homelessness

– Press Release for Second Right to Housing Report: The Right to Housing in Comparative Perspective, 28 March 2018

– Press Release for the Annual Report Launch, 25 September 2017
– Press Release Minister must protect Vulnerable Families Monday 25 September 2017
– Press Release on Census 2016 Results: Profile 5 – Homeless Persons in Ireland, 10 August 2017
– Press Release on Rebuilding Ireland Commitment to ending use of B&BS and Hotels for Homeless Families, 30 June 2017

– Press Release on Rebuilding Ireland Commitment to ending use of B&BS and Hotels for Homeless Families, 30 June 2017
– Press Release on Right to Housing Report, 4 May 2016

MLRC in the News

There’s No Limit on How Long Families Might Spend in Homeless Hostels and Hubs – Dublin Inquirer 29 June 2022

 Families being excluded from social housing waiting list due to ‘badly worded’ circular, advocates say – Irish Times 22 July 2022

Housing crisis deteriorating Law Gazette 27 October 2022

MLRC sees emergency homelessness queries almost triple – Irish Legal News 28 October 2022

Lawyer of the Month – Aoife Kelly-Desmond – Irish Legal News – 16 November 2022

MLRC welcomes solicitor Adam Boyle – 17 November 2022

MLRC begins Funding Drive – Law Gazette 23 November 2022

MLRC launches Final Hour Campaign – Irish Legal News – 23 November 2022

– Law centre calls for action to improve minority groups’ access to housing services – Irish Legal News 04 March 2021
– Mercy Law names new Managing Solicitor – Irish Legal News 29 March 2021
– Local authority housing rules discriminate against minorities – report – Irish Times 04 March 2021
– Members appointed to inaugural board of Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority – 24 February 2021

– Mercy Law Resource Centre provides free legal advice to 500 homeless families – Irish Times, 21 September 2020
– Mercy Law Resource Centre and Pavee Point speaking on the new Programme for Government – Lucan Live, 22 June 2020
– A message of hope and encouragement from Rebecca Keatinge, Mercy Law Resource Centre – RTE, With You in Spirit
– Are Social Tenants of Approved Housing Bodies Less Secure Than Council Tenants – Dublin Inquirer, 14 April 2020
– Housing crisis now ‘acute health crisis’ for homeless people, law centre warns – Irish Legal News, 20 March 2020
– ‘It’s not good enough in 21st century Ireland’ – Organisations vow to lobby for referendum on ‘right to housing’ – Irish Independent, 22 January 2020
– Sophia Housing, Mercy Law take a holistic approach to homelessness in Ireland – Global Sisters Report, 29 October 2020
– Some Question DRHE’s Most Recent Rough Sleeper Counts and Say Homelessness Is on the Rise Again – Dublin Inquirer, 26 August 2020
– ‘Family Hubs’: Lives on Hold – Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice, 4 November 2020
– ‘Mercy Law Resource Centre assisted 489 homeless families in 2019 – Catholic Ireland, 22 September 2022

– RTE Drivetime Interview with two MLRC clients and Rebecca Keatinge, Managing Solicitor at 1 hour 18 minutes, 11 December 2019
– Homeless children poorly nourished and falling asleep in school, report says, Irish Independent, 11th December 2019
– Mothers with newborns going from hospital to homeless services, Irish Times, 11th December 2019
– Homeless families are in ‘desperate crisis’ and ‘close to breakdown’, says report, Irish Examiner, 11th December 2019
– Families should no longer be provided with one-night emergency accommodation, committee will recommend, thejournal.ie, 14th November 2019
– ALG to rotate trainees to pro bono work, Law Society of Ireland Gazette, 23rd October 2019
– Chief Justice calls for civil legal aid to be widened to cover housing issues, Independent, 17th September 2019
– 1,400 homeless in rural Ireland as charity calls for quick, effective action, Irish Examiner, 17th September 2019
– ‘Moral argument’ for civil legal aid boost– Clarke, Law Society Gazette, 16th September 2019
– Mercy Law Resource Centre appoints Louis O’Carroll as legal intern, Irish Legal News, 3rd September 2019
– RTE Drivetime Interview with MLRC client, 12 June 2019
– Training for lawyers on social welfare law, Law Society of Ireland Gazette, 27 May 2019
– Mercy Law Resouce Centre appoints solicitor Sinead McGarrigle to legal team, Irish Legal News, 8th July 2019
– Aoife Gillespie joins Mercy Law Resource Centre as volunteer solicitor, Irish Legal News, 13th June 2019
– Housing crisis to continue to get worse until 2023, Oireachtas told, The Irish Times, Wednesday 12th June 2019
– For Weeks, One Woman Struggled to Be Recognised as Homeless, Dublin Inquirer, 27th March 2019
– Mercy Law training day on homelessness and the law, Law Society of Ireland Gazette, 19th March 2019
– Vast amounts’ of land available to tackle housing crisis, conference told, RTE News, 30th January 2019
– RTE Radio One, Drive Time interview with MLRC Managing Solicitor Rebecca Keatinge, 12th June 2019
– Reboot Republic #HousingFirst podcast interview with Rebecca Keatinge, 21st February 2019
– Presentation by Rebecca Keatinge (Mercy Law Resource Centre) Raise the Roof, 30th January 2019
– The Plight of Some Homeless People, Today with Sean O’Rourke, 3rd January 2019
– Call for clarity on homeless family housing entitlements, Irish Times, 2nd January 2019

– Homeless? South Dublin Council Might Ask for an Affidavit as Proof, Dublin Inquirer, 25th July 2018
– Lack of legal right to housing sees families cut adrift, The Irish Examiner, 6th September 2018
– Judiciary ‘deferential’ to councils on issue of housing, Irish Independent, Irish Independent, 6th September 2018
– Gap in law’ hinders emergency accommodation for families, legal centre says, The Irish Times, 5th September 2018
– No, a Third of Homeless Families in Dublin Aren’t Here Illegally, Dublin Inquirer, 14th November 2018
– Soul Waves Radio, Right to Housing with Sinead Kerin, 29th March 2018
– RTE Radio One, Today with Sean O’Rourke: The Plight of Some Homeless People interview with Rebecca Keatinge
– Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, Right to Housing: Discussion, 12th May 2018

– Housing is a right, and Ireland must recognise this in law, Irish Examiner, 13th July 2017
– High Court throws out case of homeless mother who was sleeping in a tent outside council building, The Journal, 14th August 2017
– Homelessness law centre provided support to nearly 1,100 last year, 28th September 2017
– State must look at homelessness from human rights approach, Irish Examiner, 17th December 2017
– A&L Goodbody’s Impact with Focus Ireland and Mercy Law Resource Centre, 2017

– Homeless family sue council over allocation of housing, The Journal, 7th April 2016
– Disabled homeless man hospitalised after living in a tent for two months outside council offices brings legal action, Irish Independent, 14th July 2016

– Maeve Regan, Why the right to housing should be enshrined in the Irish Constitution, The Irish Times, 25th August 2015

– NGOs protest at lack of basic housing, healthcare and education rights, Irish Times Article, 8th December 2014

– Supreme Court Judgement – Council restricted in right to evict tenants, Irish Times Article, Monday 19th March 2012

Newsletters (E-Zine)

Summer Update – July 2022

Winter Update – November 2022 

– July 29th – MLRC July E-zine 2021

Newsletters 2020

– May 24th – MLRC Training/Befriending Advertisement
– March 8th – MLRC E-zine March 2019 Training on homelessness & housing law “
– April 11th – April 2019 E-zine

– November 8th – MLRC E-zine October 2018
– October 11th – Mercy Law Resource Centre Open Housing Law Training
– September 7th – Third Right to Housing Report Launch Thank You!
– August 23rd – Third Right to Housing Report Launch
– May 23rd – Let’s keep in touch!
– April 10th, 2018 – Right to Housing Launch Thank You & Report

– September 15th – MLRC E-zine September 2017
– June 12th – MLRC E-zine June 2017

Citations of MLRC work in Other Publications

Homelessness rises 16% in six months after thousands of eviction notices served – Irish Times, 5 July 2022

Constitutional right to housing doesn’t mean free housing for all – Irish Independent, 11 September 2022

O’Brien says more ‘good landlords’ needed to end historic level of homelessness – The Journal.ie, 19 September 2022

Homeless charity calls for more resources with 18,000 people in emergency accommodation – Irish Examiner, 20 September 2022

Dublin Simon Community, Making the Case for a Right to Housing in Ireland, June 2018

Focus Ireland, Housing Rights & Homelessness: lessons from a pro bono partnership, April 2019

Irish Refugee Council, Annual Report, 2014

Universal Periodic Review, Reviewing Human Rights In Ireland: Right to Adequate Housing in Ireland Factsheet Number 7 (2015)

Le Chéile, The Wheel, Vol II, Issue 2, Summer 2012  Focus Ireland’s article “Nowhere to Call Home”

Socio-Economic Review April 2012 by Social Justice Ireland “Shaping Ireland’s Future” Securing, Economic Development, Social Equity and Sustainability

 FLAC News|Vol. 22, No. 1 – | January – March 2012 Work permit success for Bulgarian and Romanian nationals; Legal aid waiting times continue to spiral