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  1. PILA and TrustLaw webinars on employment law, charity law and contracts during COVID-19     Issued 30 April 2020 As part of our COVID-19 response, we were delighted to collaborate with TrustLaw and our legal partners A&L Goodbody, Arthur Cox and McCann FitzGerald to host three …
  2. COVID-19 Resources for NGOs     Issued 26 March 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has created a rapidly evolving situation for everyone. All NGOs and community organisations are being called on to react quickly to what is an …
  3. Irish legal profession celebrates inaugural Pro Bono Week and calls for increased participation in pro bono     Issued 5 November 2019 Tuesday 5 November saw the launch of the first Pro Bono Week in Ireland, a collaboration between leading law firms A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox and pro bono organisations …
  4. Launch of new report on lessons from a pro bono partnership between Focus Ireland, Mercy Law Resource Centre and A&L Goodbody     Issued 18 April 2019 Focus Ireland, A&L Goodbody, Mercy Law Resource Centre and PILA (Public Interest Law Alliance, a project of FLAC) today (18th April 2019) launched “Housing Rights and …
  5. President Michael D Higgins opens new FLAC head office in Dublin     Issued 25 February 2019 A better and more comprehensive system of legal aid, as well as securing the availability of legal aid for cases where none is available, is required to begin to meet the …
  6. PILA is recruiting a Legal Officer – deadline 24 October 2018     Issued 26 September 2018                     Title:                          Legal Officer Reports to:               PILA & Strategic Development …
  7. 25,817 received legal information and advice in 2017     Issued 11 September 2018 Top queries: family law, employment law, wills/probate and housing 103 casefiles: housing, social welfare and discrimination Call for wider powers to be given to the Courts …
  8. FLAC has moved to new offices on 85/86 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1     Issued 11 April 2018 After 15 year at 13 Lower Dorset Street, FLAC has moved to a new headquarters in 85/86 Dorset Street Upper, Dublin 1. Our office numbers will remain the same: Main phone …
  9. Attention law students – Fellowship 2018 now open!     Issued 28 November 2017 FLAC is now accepting applications for the 2018 Thomas Addis Emmet Fellowship – a unique opportunity awarded each summer to an Irish law student interested in working on …
  10. Tenants welcome European Committee of Social Rights finding that Ireland has failed to provide adequate housing conditions on local authority estates     Issued 23 October 2017 Local authority tenants have welcomed a landmark decision by the European Committee of Social Rights, published this morning. The decision has found that Ireland has failed …

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