News
- 9 August 2017
Call for Right to Housing to be enshrined in the Constitution
“The right to housing in our constitution would be a positive, strong step for the future to create fundamental protection of home for every adult and every child” On Thursday, 13th July 2017, Mercy Law Resource Centre was honoured to participate in ‘A Right to Housing’ seminar in Trinity College Dublin, in conjunction with Simon Communities […]
- 27 July 2017
Equality Rights Alliance Seminar
On Friday June 30th Mercy Law were delighted to attend the Equality and Rights Alliance’s (ERA) seminar ‘A New Roadmap for our Equality and Human Rights Infrastructure’. The seminar provided ERA’s members an opportunity to come together and examine the progress of the law in Ireland since the publication of ERA’s Roadmap to a Strengthened […]
- 30 June 2017
MLRC Submission on Emergency Accomodation
On 30th of June, 2017, MLRC sent a submission to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government to raise very urgent issues relating to the provision of emergency accommodation by housing authorities to families and vulnerable people. MLRC also presented for consideration possible actions to address these issues. Press release 30 06 17 […]
- 24 June 2017
MLRC E-zine, June 2017
You can read the eZine here.
- 9 June 2017
MLRC training in social welfare law, delivered by Professor Gerry Whyte, Associate Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin – July 2017
In July, Professor Gerry Whyte, Associate Professor, School of Law, Trinity College Dublin, and Director on the MLRC Board of Directors, will deliver a comprehensive training course on social welfare law. The course will provide a detailed overview of social welfare law. The purpose of the course is to provide participants with an up to […]
- 9 June 2017
MLRC delivers training on housing to staff of Dundalk and Drogheda CICs
As part of MLRC’s work, we provide training in housing law to organisations and individuals working in the field of homelessness. In April, MLRC held a training session in housing law for the staff of Dundalk and Drogheda CICs. Our training session gave practical advice and information, which will help attendees deal even more effectively […]
- 9 June 2017
Launch of the Ombudsman for Children’s Annual Report 2016
In May, Mercy Law Resource Centre was delighted to attend the launch of the Ombudsman for Children’s 2016 Annual Report. We would like to extend our congratulations to the office of the Ombudsman for producing such a detailed and comprehensive report. In 2016 the Ombudsman saw an increase in the number of housing complaints received. […]
- 9 June 2017
MLRC is recruiting a locum solicitor to join the MLRC team
MLRC is now recruiting a Locum Solicitor. This is a unique opportunity to practice in public interest and human rights law to help those at the margins of our society within a vibrant, dynamic independent law centre, with an ethos which recognises the dignity of each person, seeking to ensure that all people are treated […]
- 25 May 2017
The ‘self accommodation option’ of emergency accommodation is failing vulnerable homeless families
We have recently been working on several cases where families have been recognised as homeless by the housing authority and have been put on the ‘self-accommodation option’, which means they are obliged to source their own hotel accommodation to meet their emergency accommodation needs. For vulnerable families, they are frequently unable to source such accommodation […]