News
- 10 December 2014
Open letter to the Taoiseach to accept the Constitutional Convention’s recommendation to strengthen the protection by the Constitution of Economic Social and Cultural Rights
Open letter to the Taoiseach, calling on the Government, as part of the Economic Social and Cultural Rights Initiative, to accept the Constitutional Convention’s recommendation to strengthen the protection by the Constitution of Economic Social and Cultural Rights, dated 26 September 2014
- 9 December 2014
MLRC, as part of the ESC Rights Initiative, calls on the Government to protect the right to housing in the Irish Constitution
25 years ago Ireland ratified the International Covenant of Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). On Sunday 7 December, MLRC, as part of the ESC Rights Initiative, called on the Government to accept the Constitutional Convention’s recommendation to protect these rights in the Constitution. The call was made by the ESC Rights Initiative, a network […]
- 1 December 2014
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 […]
- 28 November 2014
MLRC is now recruiting a solicitor to join the MLRC team
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 with respect and compassion and are enabled […]
- 17 November 2014
Success for MLRC clients: Local authority allocates three bedroom accommodation for long term homeless parents working to re-unite with children in care
Our clients and their key-worker presented at our office having had difficulties with the local authority in not allocating them a 3 bed property due to the fact that their children were not living with them on a full-time basis. Mercy Law Resource Centre made representations on behalf of our clients, who were living in […]
- 30 October 2014
MLRC holds training session on housing law for staff of Merchants Quay Ireland, Open Access Service
As part of MLRC’s work, we provide training in housing law to organisations working in the field of homelessness. On 23rd October 2014, MLRC held a half day training session in housing law for the staff and volunteers of Merchants Quay Ireland (MQI). MQI is a Dublin-based NGO, working on a national level. MQI’s Open […]
- 24 October 2014
MLRC E-zine, October 2014
You can read the eZine here.
- 20 October 2014
MLRC holds training session on housing law for staff of Life Pregnancy Care Services
As part of our organisational training, on 14th October 2014, MLRC held a training session in housing law and related social welfare law for the staff and volunteers of Life Pregnancy Care, a number of whose clients are faced with homeless or the risk of homelessness. Life Pregnancy Care Services is based in Dublin, providing […]
- 17 October 2014
MLRC client, EU citizen, given entry onto housing list – local authority initially refused on basis that applicant did not have a record of having 52 weeks employment in Ireland – local authority overturned initial decision after submissions by MLRC for client
“52 weeks rule” frequently incorrectly applied by local authorities This decision is important as MLRC is aware, through clients and through discussion with organisations working in the field of homelessness, that non-nationals are very frequently being refused access to the housing list for this reason – that they do not have a record of 52 […]