Community Law & Mediation
@clmirl.bsky.social
Community Law & Mediation (CLM) provides free legal information, advice, advocacy, and mediation services; along with the services of the Centre for Environmental Justice (CHY 6359).
www.communitylawandmediation.ie
www.communitylawandmediation.ie
Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Mercy Law and Resource Centre on the launch of their Annual Report this morning.
We were delighted to attend this excellent event.
#AccesstoJustice
We were delighted to attend this excellent event.
#AccesstoJustice
November 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congratulations to our friends and colleagues in Mercy Law and Resource Centre on the launch of their Annual Report this morning.
We were delighted to attend this excellent event.
#AccesstoJustice
We were delighted to attend this excellent event.
#AccesstoJustice
Read about our recently published research and launch event on the future of Community Mediation in Ireland.
Many thanks to Eoin Glackin of the @dublininquirer.com for attending the event and for publishing such an informative and detailed piece.
www.dublininquirer.com/after-the-co...
Many thanks to Eoin Glackin of the @dublininquirer.com for attending the event and for publishing such an informative and detailed piece.
www.dublininquirer.com/after-the-co...
After the council quietly closed its mediation service, a new report highlights a growing need for mediation in the community
Earlier this year, Dublin City Council closed its service to defuse low-level tensions between tenants in its housing.
www.dublininquirer.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Read about our recently published research and launch event on the future of Community Mediation in Ireland.
Many thanks to Eoin Glackin of the @dublininquirer.com for attending the event and for publishing such an informative and detailed piece.
www.dublininquirer.com/after-the-co...
Many thanks to Eoin Glackin of the @dublininquirer.com for attending the event and for publishing such an informative and detailed piece.
www.dublininquirer.com/after-the-co...
To mark tomorrow's #WorldChildrensDay 2025, we were delighted to welcome transition year students from Mercy College Coolock to our Dublin office.
We held a creative & imaginative zine-making workshop, as well as an insightful tour into the day of the life of a solicitor.
#ForEveryChild
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We held a creative & imaginative zine-making workshop, as well as an insightful tour into the day of the life of a solicitor.
#ForEveryChild
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November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
To mark tomorrow's #WorldChildrensDay 2025, we were delighted to welcome transition year students from Mercy College Coolock to our Dublin office.
We held a creative & imaginative zine-making workshop, as well as an insightful tour into the day of the life of a solicitor.
#ForEveryChild
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We held a creative & imaginative zine-making workshop, as well as an insightful tour into the day of the life of a solicitor.
#ForEveryChild
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CLM is recruiting a Senior Solicitor to lead CLM’s Limerick office. The role will operate on the frontline of local legal services in Limerick.
This is an exciting opportunity to drive the development of a dynamic law centre with deep roots in the local Limerick community.
tinyurl.com/yv9xnejf
This is an exciting opportunity to drive the development of a dynamic law centre with deep roots in the local Limerick community.
tinyurl.com/yv9xnejf
November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
CLM is recruiting a Senior Solicitor to lead CLM’s Limerick office. The role will operate on the frontline of local legal services in Limerick.
This is an exciting opportunity to drive the development of a dynamic law centre with deep roots in the local Limerick community.
tinyurl.com/yv9xnejf
This is an exciting opportunity to drive the development of a dynamic law centre with deep roots in the local Limerick community.
tinyurl.com/yv9xnejf
Thank you to all who attended last week’s inspiring evening at Tailor’s Hall with Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special event, and to Tailor's Hall for hosting us in such a beautiful venue.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special event, and to Tailor's Hall for hosting us in such a beautiful venue.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Thank you to all who attended last week’s inspiring evening at Tailor’s Hall with Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special event, and to Tailor's Hall for hosting us in such a beautiful venue.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this very special event, and to Tailor's Hall for hosting us in such a beautiful venue.
Last week, the CEJ attended the national climate demonstration to demand Government climate action that addresses inequality.
The meaningful involvement of all people in policy development and implementation must be prioritised to ensure nobody is left behind.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
The meaningful involvement of all people in policy development and implementation must be prioritised to ensure nobody is left behind.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last week, the CEJ attended the national climate demonstration to demand Government climate action that addresses inequality.
The meaningful involvement of all people in policy development and implementation must be prioritised to ensure nobody is left behind.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
The meaningful involvement of all people in policy development and implementation must be prioritised to ensure nobody is left behind.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
We welcome the proposed cross-departmental/cross-agency action plan to address Child & Family homelessness.
At our community law centre, we are encountering more and more cases that reveal the lasting harm caused by unsuitable emergency accommodation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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At our community law centre, we are encountering more and more cases that reveal the lasting harm caused by unsuitable emergency accommodation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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Put long-term homeless families with children at top of housing queue, councils told
Government shifts focus in effort to reduce number of children in emergency accommodation
www.irishtimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We welcome the proposed cross-departmental/cross-agency action plan to address Child & Family homelessness.
At our community law centre, we are encountering more and more cases that reveal the lasting harm caused by unsuitable emergency accommodation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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At our community law centre, we are encountering more and more cases that reveal the lasting harm caused by unsuitable emergency accommodation.
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...
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At 1pm tomorrow, join the CEJ at the national climate demonstration. Meet at the Garden of Remembrance to march to the Dáil where there will be speeches & music.
It promises to be the biggest climate demonstration in years.
Join us to send a clear message to Government that fossil power must end.
It promises to be the biggest climate demonstration in years.
Join us to send a clear message to Government that fossil power must end.
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 PM
At 1pm tomorrow, join the CEJ at the national climate demonstration. Meet at the Garden of Remembrance to march to the Dáil where there will be speeches & music.
It promises to be the biggest climate demonstration in years.
Join us to send a clear message to Government that fossil power must end.
It promises to be the biggest climate demonstration in years.
Join us to send a clear message to Government that fossil power must end.
We are delighted to be attending this excellent and timely conference on Public Interest Litigation and Access to Justice today at the School of Law at the University of Galway.
For more information, visit:
tinyurl.com/7hxejt8e
For more information, visit:
tinyurl.com/7hxejt8e
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We are delighted to be attending this excellent and timely conference on Public Interest Litigation and Access to Justice today at the School of Law at the University of Galway.
For more information, visit:
tinyurl.com/7hxejt8e
For more information, visit:
tinyurl.com/7hxejt8e
Thank you to all who attended our launch event this week.
The highlight of the morning was our engaging panel discussion - expert mediators & CLM volunteers shared insights & ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
The highlight of the morning was our engaging panel discussion - expert mediators & CLM volunteers shared insights & ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Thank you to all who attended our launch event this week.
The highlight of the morning was our engaging panel discussion - expert mediators & CLM volunteers shared insights & ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
The highlight of the morning was our engaging panel discussion - expert mediators & CLM volunteers shared insights & ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
Thank you to all who attended our launch event at the @ihrec.bsky.social building in Dublin 7.
It was truly a memorable morning, where speakers, panellists and guests came together to share insights and ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
It was truly a memorable morning, where speakers, panellists and guests came together to share insights and ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Thank you to all who attended our launch event at the @ihrec.bsky.social building in Dublin 7.
It was truly a memorable morning, where speakers, panellists and guests came together to share insights and ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
It was truly a memorable morning, where speakers, panellists and guests came together to share insights and ideas on how to strengthen mediation services nationwide.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
Today we launch a new report exploring how community mediation can better meet the needs of communities across Ireland.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded @ihrec.bsky.social
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Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded @ihrec.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Today we launch a new report exploring how community mediation can better meet the needs of communities across Ireland.
Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded @ihrec.bsky.social
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Read the full report below.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded @ihrec.bsky.social
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Do you or someone you know need free legal advice in Limerick?
We can help with housing, employment, social welfare, family, and environmental queries.
To find out more, call 061 536 100.
We can help with housing, employment, social welfare, family, and environmental queries.
To find out more, call 061 536 100.
November 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Do you or someone you know need free legal advice in Limerick?
We can help with housing, employment, social welfare, family, and environmental queries.
To find out more, call 061 536 100.
We can help with housing, employment, social welfare, family, and environmental queries.
To find out more, call 061 536 100.
We've teamed up with @bfcdublin.bsky.social / Bohs Climate Co-Op to provide free legal and information clinics to their members and community.
Fill out our enquiry form available on our website or via the QR code, or contact CLM on 01-8477804 or via www.communitylawandmediation.ie .
Fill out our enquiry form available on our website or via the QR code, or contact CLM on 01-8477804 or via www.communitylawandmediation.ie .
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We've teamed up with @bfcdublin.bsky.social / Bohs Climate Co-Op to provide free legal and information clinics to their members and community.
Fill out our enquiry form available on our website or via the QR code, or contact CLM on 01-8477804 or via www.communitylawandmediation.ie .
Fill out our enquiry form available on our website or via the QR code, or contact CLM on 01-8477804 or via www.communitylawandmediation.ie .
Congratulations to the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) for their outstanding work in securing justice at the WRC for a worker who endured exploitation and underpayment.
anglocelt.ie/2025/10/28/w...
At CLM, our free employment law and social welfare clinics are here to help.
anglocelt.ie/2025/10/28/w...
At CLM, our free employment law and social welfare clinics are here to help.
WRC orders Bally’duff takeaway to pay €155k to employee | Anglo Celt
Man who worked over 70 hours a week often had only €60 left from his wages
anglocelt.ie
October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Congratulations to the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) for their outstanding work in securing justice at the WRC for a worker who endured exploitation and underpayment.
anglocelt.ie/2025/10/28/w...
At CLM, our free employment law and social welfare clinics are here to help.
anglocelt.ie/2025/10/28/w...
At CLM, our free employment law and social welfare clinics are here to help.
On 15 November, join the Centre for Environmental Justice and other Stop Climate Chaos members as we march towards Leinster House to demand faster and fairer climate action from our Government.
🕐Saturday 15 November @ 1pm
📍Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance
#ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #COP30
🕐Saturday 15 November @ 1pm
📍Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance
#ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #COP30
October 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
On 15 November, join the Centre for Environmental Justice and other Stop Climate Chaos members as we march towards Leinster House to demand faster and fairer climate action from our Government.
🕐Saturday 15 November @ 1pm
📍Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance
#ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #COP30
🕐Saturday 15 November @ 1pm
📍Assemble at the Garden of Remembrance
#ClimateJustice #ClimateAction #COP30
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Conference on public interest litigation and access to justice organised by @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social on 14th & 15th November 2025.
Link to full conference schedule and registration portal will go live later today:
Link to full conference schedule and registration portal will go live later today:
October 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Conference on public interest litigation and access to justice organised by @uniofgalwaylaw.bsky.social on 14th & 15th November 2025.
Link to full conference schedule and registration portal will go live later today:
Link to full conference schedule and registration portal will go live later today:
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Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work in the area of legal services for children and young people and the adults that support them. Earlier this year, CLM launched a landmark Report which ...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Community Law & Mediation is recruiting a lawyer with a focus on children and young people’s rights.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
Learn more and apply here:
tinyurl.com/22ba6xwt
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to champion access to justice for children and young people in Ireland.
🎉That’s a wrap on CLM's 2025 Legal Eagles programme!
We wrapped up on Monday with an engaging mock trial at the Law Society of Ireland, centred on the exciting Ciarán v Jack Debs case.
The students from Mercy College Coolock threw themselves into their roles brilliantly.
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We wrapped up on Monday with an engaging mock trial at the Law Society of Ireland, centred on the exciting Ciarán v Jack Debs case.
The students from Mercy College Coolock threw themselves into their roles brilliantly.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🎉That’s a wrap on CLM's 2025 Legal Eagles programme!
We wrapped up on Monday with an engaging mock trial at the Law Society of Ireland, centred on the exciting Ciarán v Jack Debs case.
The students from Mercy College Coolock threw themselves into their roles brilliantly.
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We wrapped up on Monday with an engaging mock trial at the Law Society of Ireland, centred on the exciting Ciarán v Jack Debs case.
The students from Mercy College Coolock threw themselves into their roles brilliantly.
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If we can't ever have a government that cares about what happens to the generation they have consigned to rent slavery, then at least there are people working to try to limit the damage. Please follow CLM, and if you need to contact them then the detaiks are in the thread below. #Ireland #áras25
In our work, we have noticed trends indicating that discrimination against people in receipt of HAP is systemic.
Everyone deserves fair access to housing.
Read our Equal Status Act Guide below:
tinyurl.com/48y24ws9
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Everyone deserves fair access to housing.
Read our Equal Status Act Guide below:
tinyurl.com/48y24ws9
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tinyurl.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
A tenant was awarded €2,000 after being left homeless when their landlord refused to sign their HAP form.
Under the Equal Status Acts, it is against the law for your landlord/letting agent to refuse to accept HAP.
It is form of discrimination.
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www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tena...
Under the Equal Status Acts, it is against the law for your landlord/letting agent to refuse to accept HAP.
It is form of discrimination.
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www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tena...
Tenant made homeless over landlord's refusal to sign HAP form for apartment awarded €2k | BreakingNews
The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that the owner of an apartment in Cork city had breached the Equal Status Act over his refusal to sign the HAP form.
www.breakingnews.ie
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A tenant was awarded €2,000 after being left homeless when their landlord refused to sign their HAP form.
Under the Equal Status Acts, it is against the law for your landlord/letting agent to refuse to accept HAP.
It is form of discrimination.
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www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tena...
Under the Equal Status Acts, it is against the law for your landlord/letting agent to refuse to accept HAP.
It is form of discrimination.
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www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/tena...
The latest Annual Report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office has been published.
In 2024, the overall success rate of all appeals (including revised decisions) was 47.7%. Where an oral hearing took place, 62.3% had a favourable outcome.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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In 2024, the overall success rate of all appeals (including revised decisions) was 47.7%. Where an oral hearing took place, 62.3% had a favourable outcome.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The latest Annual Report of the Social Welfare Appeals Office has been published.
In 2024, the overall success rate of all appeals (including revised decisions) was 47.7%. Where an oral hearing took place, 62.3% had a favourable outcome.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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In 2024, the overall success rate of all appeals (including revised decisions) was 47.7%. Where an oral hearing took place, 62.3% had a favourable outcome.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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Excess nutrients from agriculture, urban wastewater and other human activities continue to drive water quality decline. Robust policies, not derogations, are needed to ensure the health and wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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Quality of surface water continues to decline, says EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency has said that although there has been a reduction in levels of excess phosphorous and nitrogen in Ireland's rivers and lakes, the overall water quality of surface w...
www.rte.ie
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Excess nutrients from agriculture, urban wastewater and other human activities continue to drive water quality decline. Robust policies, not derogations, are needed to ensure the health and wellbeing of aquatic ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.
www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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www.rte.ie/news/environ...
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