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
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
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
Mercy Law Resource Centre presents Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
On Wednesday 12th June Mercy Law Resource Centre presented to members of the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government on child and family homelessness.
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
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
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
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
MLRC is now recruiting a Solicitor to join the MLRC team
Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC) is an independent law centre and charity which provides free legal advice and representation to people who are homeless or at risk
Our Casework in 2018 – A Year in Review
We had an exceptionally busy year in 2018 and during the year we saw an increase on the number of individuals in distressing situations contacting us for
“Examination of Local Authority Housing Lists”, Report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Our Christmas reading included this recently published report by the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government, that examines the operation of social housing waiting lists and makes
Father Peter McVerry speaks at MLRC Christmas event & Annual Report launch
On 12 December, Mercy Law Resource Centre were honoured to have Father Peter McVerry speak at our Christmas event. At the event, we thanked all our most
High Court decision on housing allocation to separated fathers
On 19th November, 2018, Justice Barrett handed down a decision in Fagan & Ors v Dublin City Council. The case concerned a father, who although separated from the mother of
MLRC Solicitor appointed to Traveller Accommodation Expert Working Group
Mercy Law Resource Centre is delighted to announce solicitor David Joyce’s appointment to the Traveller Accommodation Expert Working Group. The working group has been established as part
MLRC welcomes new Locum Solicitor
MLRC are delighted to welcome Sabrina Sullivan to the team as locum solicitor. Sabrina has wide-ranging experience on housing and social welfare matters. Sabrina completed her LLB
Vulnerable families still being placed in completely unsuitable night by night accommodation
We are most concerned to see vulnerable families still being placed on night to night provision of homeless accommodation. We are seeing first-hand the very negative impact
MLRC appoints new Managing Solicitor
MLRC is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Managing Solicitor, Ms Rebecca Keatinge. Rebecca was previously a Solicitor with the Centre. Rebecca is a solicitor
Deferrals of Social Housing Applications of those in Emergency Accommodation
We have met several new clients at our legal advice clinics in recent months who report a concern that their social housing application has been deferred, but