Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) welcomes the Homelessness Policy Statement launched on the 21st of February 2013 by Housing Minister, Jan O’Sullivan. This statement sets 2016 as the target for ending long-term homelessness and also puts the “housing led” philosophy at the centre of policy in this area. Housing led approaches provide people with long-term […]

Mercy Law Resource Centre recently acted for a mother of two young children who had been requested by the Local Authority to vacate her property following the death of her grandmother. The Local Authority advised our client that she was not entitled to succeed her grandmother’s tenancy as she did not meet the criteria that […]

Blog, 17 January 2013 MLRC Submission on Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) has today published its submission on the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012. MLRC welcomes the introduction of the proposed spent conviction scheme which permits individuals with a minor criminal conviction, after the lapse of a […]

Christmas Gathering at Mercy Law Resource Centre on Friday, 14th December 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 […]

EMPLOYMENT APPEALS TRIBUNAL CASE NO. UD 1165/2011 CATHERINE MANGAN (CLAIMANT) V CLONTARF CRECHE LIMITED (RESPONDENTS) Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 – 2007 This was a case in which Mercy Law Resource Centre acted for the claimant Catherine Mangan, when she was referred with her Employment Law case concerning her dismissal from Clontarf Creche Limited […]