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
Community Law & Mediation is dedicated to understanding and meeting the legal needs of children and young people in Ireland.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we owe it to ourselves to ensure that every child’s voice is included when it comes to children’s rights.
#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild
This #WorldChildrensDay, we owe it to ourselves to ensure that every child’s voice is included when it comes to children’s rights.
#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Community Law & Mediation is dedicated to understanding and meeting the legal needs of children and young people in Ireland.
This #WorldChildrensDay, we owe it to ourselves to ensure that every child’s voice is included when it comes to children’s rights.
#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild
This #WorldChildrensDay, we owe it to ourselves to ensure that every child’s voice is included when it comes to children’s rights.
#WorldChildrensDay #ForEveryChild
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
What's next?
Join us at the Climate Mass Lobby of TDs to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels on 3rd December, at Buswells Hotel Dublin, between 11am-8pm, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition.
Learn more here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Join us at the Climate Mass Lobby of TDs to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels on 3rd December, at Buswells Hotel Dublin, between 11am-8pm, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition.
Learn more here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What's next?
Join us at the Climate Mass Lobby of TDs to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels on 3rd December, at Buswells Hotel Dublin, between 11am-8pm, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition.
Learn more here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
Join us at the Climate Mass Lobby of TDs to demand an end to the era of fossil fuels on 3rd December, at Buswells Hotel Dublin, between 11am-8pm, organised by the Stop Climate Chaos coalition.
Learn more here: www.stopclimatechaos.ie/calendar/202...
We were also delighted to be joined by an expert panel featuring Justine Schoenfeld-Quinn, Judy Osborne, Phil Kearney, and Mohammad Naeem, who each shared personal insights on their experience of environmental and climate justice, and how litigation can support people power.
November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We were also delighted to be joined by an expert panel featuring Justine Schoenfeld-Quinn, Judy Osborne, Phil Kearney, and Mohammad Naeem, who each shared personal insights on their experience of environmental and climate justice, and how litigation can support people power.
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.
We want to see full protection for every community from harm.
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, we need an end to fossil power. Fast, fair and funded climate action is needed now.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, we need an end to fossil power. Fast, fair and funded climate action is needed now.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
November 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
We want to see full protection for every community from harm.
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, we need an end to fossil power. Fast, fair and funded climate action is needed now.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, we need an end to fossil power. Fast, fair and funded climate action is needed now.
#stopclimatechaos #endfossilpower
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
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
The report sets out practical recommendations to expand & diversify mediation services, improve access nationwide, safeguard vulnerable parties & ensure community mediation is supported & resourced on equal footing with family and commercial mediation.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The report sets out practical recommendations to expand & diversify mediation services, improve access nationwide, safeguard vulnerable parties & ensure community mediation is supported & resourced on equal footing with family and commercial mediation.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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Our new reports highlights the significant but untapped potential of community mediation to prevent and resolve disputes in areas such as neighbour and wider family conflicts, issues affecting young people, Travellers, refugees and new communities.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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November 11, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Our new reports highlights the significant but untapped potential of community mediation to prevent and resolve disputes in areas such as neighbour and wider family conflicts, issues affecting young people, Travellers, refugees and new communities.
tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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tinyurl.com/36z9bsha
#IHRECfunded
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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 .
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
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
Huge thanks to Gemma McLoughlin-Burke BL for inspiring the next generatiion of legal minds!
We're excited to welcome 10 of the students to our Coolock office on Nov 13 for a zine-making workshop, where they can share what they’ve learned with the community.
We're excited to welcome 10 of the students to our Coolock office on Nov 13 for a zine-making workshop, where they can share what they’ve learned with the community.
October 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Huge thanks to Gemma McLoughlin-Burke BL for inspiring the next generatiion of legal minds!
We're excited to welcome 10 of the students to our Coolock office on Nov 13 for a zine-making workshop, where they can share what they’ve learned with the community.
We're excited to welcome 10 of the students to our Coolock office on Nov 13 for a zine-making workshop, where they can share what they’ve learned with the community.
🎉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.
(THREAD)
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.
(THREAD)
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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A publicly available online database of the SWAO, similar to those of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal & the WRC would significantly improve transparency and provide assistance in the resolution of cases & in the appeal process.
CASEBASEL
communitylawandmediation.ie/our-work/soc...
CASEBASEL
communitylawandmediation.ie/our-work/soc...
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A publicly available online database of the SWAO, similar to those of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal & the WRC would significantly improve transparency and provide assistance in the resolution of cases & in the appeal process.
CASEBASEL
communitylawandmediation.ie/our-work/soc...
CASEBASEL
communitylawandmediation.ie/our-work/soc...
According to the the report, the average time taken to process an appeal jumped from 16 weeks in 2023 to 23.5 weeks in 2024.
The issuing of a decision in a timely manner is the cornerstone of a fair and due process and must be prioritised.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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The issuing of a decision in a timely manner is the cornerstone of a fair and due process and must be prioritised.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
According to the the report, the average time taken to process an appeal jumped from 16 weeks in 2023 to 23.5 weeks in 2024.
The issuing of a decision in a timely manner is the cornerstone of a fair and due process and must be prioritised.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
(THREAD)
The issuing of a decision in a timely manner is the cornerstone of a fair and due process and must be prioritised.
communitylawandmediation.ie/publications...
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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...
(THREAD)
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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