# flac - Tuesday 11 September, 2018
Minister Charlie Flanagan today praised the success of the Abhaile legal advice scheme, but did not indicate it would be extended to provide full representation.
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# flac - Saturday 9 June, 2018
Flac (Free Legal Advice Centres) has produced a comprehensive history of Foy’s right for justice in a report.
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# flac - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
“I often leave feeling very sorry for someone, but litigation isn’t nice.”
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# flac - Monday 21 August, 2017
They were awarded compensation ranging from €13,300 to €15,000.
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# flac - Monday 31 July, 2017
The woman’s case has been highlighted by Flac today as it calls for this fee to be waived for victims of domestic abuse.
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# flac - Monday 12 June, 2017
This case is just one of 22 being highlighted by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today.
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# flac - Thursday 8 June, 2017
Figures released to TheJournal.ie demonstrate the “massive” scale of the mortgage arrears problem, according to one expert.
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# flac - Friday 10 March, 2017
We need to bring in an automatic waiver of the financial contribution towards “free” legal aid in cases of domestic violence, writes Eilis Barry.
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# flac - Monday 6 February, 2017
Legal aid is a hot-topic issue here in the wake of David Drumm’s successful application for same last week.
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# flac - Tuesday 13 December, 2016
The case is one of twenty published this morning by the Child Care Law Reporting Project.
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# flac - Tuesday 21 July, 2015
Guides have been launched to help people understand their rights when the department comes knocking for their money back.
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# flac - Monday 6 July, 2015
Most of us have had one at some stage.
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# flac - Sunday 2 November, 2014
Sometimes but not always – here’s why.
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# flac - Monday 7 July, 2014
The total number of queries to FLAC centres was up more than 10% compared to 2012.
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# flac - Thursday 24 April, 2014
The organisation’s director general said Burton’s anti-fraud programme makes a concerning link between overpayments and fraud and creates potential for people making repayments to fall into destitution.
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# flac - Friday 7 March, 2014
The Free Legal Advice Centres says boom time soft-touch regulation “persists to this day”
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# flac - Monday 16 December, 2013
The figures are contained in the latest volume of the Child Care Law Reporting Project, which also details several high-profile cases.
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# flac - Thursday 24 October, 2013
As Oireachtas Committee discussions this week focus on the Gender Recognition Bill, we need to remember the human stories behind the proposed legislation, writes Emma Cassidy.
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# flac - Saturday 14 September, 2013
Reforms announced yesterday in the civil legal aid scheme, including increases in the minimum contributions for applicants, may mean that people who need help to access justice will be excluded, writes Yvonne O’Sullivan.
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# flac - Thursday 12 September, 2013
The minimum contribution is set to rise from €50 to €130 but parents facing legal action from the HSE over child fare will have their costs waived.
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# flac - Wednesday 24 July, 2013
Around 6.9 per cent of the Irish population live in consistent poverty; in order to break the cycle and support dignified living, the government needs to listen to the people affected, writes Saoirse Brady.
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# flac - Monday 15 July, 2013
FLAC noted a “striking” rise in queries about housing such matters, which were up almost 70 per cent since 2011.
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# flac - Monday 15 April, 2013
While the report expressed concerns over interpreters being present for jury discussion, FLAC have said that deaf and blind people should still be able to take part in non-criminal trials.
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# flac - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
While Ireland will recogise amended birth certificates from other countries, “gender reassignment is not yet recognised” in the country.
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# flac - Friday 24 August, 2012
One in ten people who have a mortgage in Ireland are struggling to pay it off. Where is the urgency in solving this epidemic, asks Noeline Blackwell.
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# flac - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
FLAC advice service dealt with over 25,000 queries last year.
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# flac - Friday 16 March, 2012
New legislation will help safeguard people struggling with debt – but they deserve to have their homes protected too, writes Noeleen Blackwell.
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# flac - Saturday 3 March, 2012
There is an increasing amount of gibberish masquerading as legal fact about things like the household charge, writes Fergal Crehan. It’s dangerous and it needs to end.
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# flac - Thursday 2 June, 2011
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Consumers warned to wash their salads as ecoli outbreak spreads; Britain prepares for a heatwave as Ireland gets its woollies out; and why one Booker prize winner believes he’s better than any woman writer.
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