Free Legal Advice Centre

Hearing Impaired and Deaf Persons Can Sit on Irish Juries

The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) have just issued a press release on a decision by Judge Paul Carney to allow a deaf man undertake jury service.  The press release should be available from the FLAC website later today or tomorrow.  Judge Carney ruled that a profoundly deaf man could sit on a trial jury(…)

SCS on Children’s Rights: Children in the Direct Provision System

Much has been written on the wholly inappropriate care arrangements for separated children in Ireland (see here, here, here, here and here). This research has found gross inadequacies in the separated child protection system; however the Irish government, in light of the Ryan Report, has committed itself to ensuring that separated children are treated on(…)

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