News
- 12 September 2019
A glance at MLRC casework over the past ten years
On Monday 16th of September at our 2018 Annual Report Launch, MLRC will mark ten years in operation. There is no doubt that the demand for our service has grown beyond what the founders of MLRC could have ever anticipated. To date, MLRC has provided free legal advice and assistance to 8,335 individuals and families. […]
- 2 September 2019
MLRC opens new outreach clinic for members of the Traveller community
This month MLRC is opening a new legal outreach clinic, in partnership with Exchange House Ireland National Traveller Service, specifically to provide legal advice and representation to members of the Traveller community who are facing housing difficulties. We are most grateful to ESB Electricity Aid for Generations for part-funding the clinic. MLRC has been vocal in […]
- 2 September 2019
IHREC v Daft Media Limited (Daft.ie)
On the 6th August 2019 the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) delivered its decision following a complaint brought against Daft Media Limited (Daft.ie) by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC). This complaint concerned advertisements for rental properties, hosted on Daft.ie, which the IHREC argued contravened section 12 of the Equal Status Acts 2000-2015. S […]
- 26 August 2019
Marking 10 years of Mercy Law- Launch of 2018 Annual Report
Mercy Law Resource Centre cordially invites you to the launch of Mercy Law Resource Centre 2018 Annual Report To be launched by Hon. Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, Chief Justice We will also be reflecting on ten years of MLRC Date: Monday 16th September 2019 Time: 11 a.m. Venue: Wisdom Centre, Sophia Housing, 25 Cork Street, Dublin 8 […]
- 3 July 2019
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 Aoife Gillespie and will be providing legal advice and representation on housing and homeless matters. Previously an associate in Competition and EU Law at McCann Fitzgerald, Sinead will be […]
- 1 July 2019
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 be an impossible obstacle. She was unable to secure stable housing and move on in her life when she could not get on the housing list in Dublin. […]
- 21 June 2019
Submission to Oireachtas Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
You can read the MLRC submission here.
- 13 June 2019
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 will predominantly focus on working with families in long-term homelessness and to explore legal remedies available to them to address their most difficult housing situations. Aoife is a […]
- 12 June 2019
Mercy Law Resource Centre presents Joint Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
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