Tailored training for you and your team! Community Law & Mediation offer training on a wide range of topics including Housing Law, Social Welfare, Education Rights, Conflict Management, and more! Get in touch today if you are interested in a training session for you and your organisation.

Education Supports at CLM for Children and Young People

Did you know there is now a cap on recoverable legal costs in successful environmental cases? This means that if you take a judicial review to protect your environmental rights, you may bear legal costs even if you win your case. Watch our webinar to learn more www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1TC...

The Cost of Access to Environmental Justice in Ireland

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Heatwaves are becoming more frequent, and more intense, as a result of climate change. Ireland's Climate Action Plan does not detail how we will reduce emissions in line with our legally binding carbon budgets & Minister Darragh O'Brien has stated that Ireland will miss its 2030 climate targets. 🧵

Climate and Environmental Casework

We are representing Friends of the Irish Environment in its legal challenge of the Irish Government’s Climate Action Plan 2023. More here.

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Our free legal advice clinic schedule for 2026 provides more frequent and convenient access to for people living in Limerick. Appointments must be booked in advance-call 061 536 100 or fill in our online booking form. Clinics can be booked by calling 061 536 100 or through our online booking form.

Our monthly 'Health, Home and Your Environment' free information and advice clinic aims to empower you with the info needed to act for a just solution that ensures the health of you, your home, and your community. To book into a clinic, call us at 01-847 7904 or visit our website.

We are delighted to be one of three organisations awarded a transformational grant by the @rte.ie Toy Show Appeal through @communityfoundirl.bsky.social which will bring us significantly closer to our goal of establishing a Children and Young People's Law Centre for Ireland.

We're now offering tailored conflict management training to organisations nationwide. Training focuses on providing practical skills to equip organisations the tools and confidence to address conflict effectively. Contact caseworker@communitylawandmediation.ie, or visit: tinyurl.com/5axkr5us

At a time of intensifying climate and environmental crises, Ireland cannot afford to ignore the impact that unchecked aviation emissions have on our climate and environment. 🧵 www.thejournal.ie/dublin-airpo...

Cleared for take-off: The Dublin Airport passenger cap bill is ready to go

Airlines have long lobbied for the passenger cap at Dublin Airport to be lifted.

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Landmark legal challenge of the Civil Legal Aid Act 1995 Community Law & Mediation’s client has been granted leave to bring a landmark judicial review challenging the refusal of legal aid for his Equal Status case before the WRC. www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...

Our Centre for Environmental Justice is seeking an Environmental Justice Consultant. tinyurl.com/54y399kd This is an exciting opportunity to assess the impact of the Centre for Environmental Justice, and to help shape our work for the next five years.

At 12pm on Thursday 25th June, join us for a webinar on The Cost of Access to Environmental Justice in Ireland. Featuring Fred Logue, Carol Day, Attracta Ui Bhroin and Justine Schönfeld-Quinn, who will discuss the scale of fees and how it impacts access to justice. tinyurl.com/4tbwnpdf

There is still time to register for our comprehensive "EMPLOYMENT LAW training" on Wednesday 8th July! Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM To register today, or for more info, visit the link below: communitylawandmediation.ie/.../employme...

Join us on Monday 22nd June online from 2.30-3.30pm for a FREE information talk on the Legal Aid Board, it’s services and how to access it. The session will be led by Jean Orr, solicitor with the Legal Aid Board. Please email education@communitylawandmediation.ie to register.

bal.ie/litter-survey-shows-urban-areas-continuing-to-clean-up/ A new environmental survey released today revealed significant improvements with urban areas continuing to solve their litter issues. 🧵

We were delighted to secure a positive outcome for our client who was unfairly penalised for making a protected disclosure. The WRC found that our client’s complaint to his employer regarding the installation of CCTV in the workplace constituted a protected disclosure. 🧵 www.rte.ie/news/busines...

Worker wins €40k after CCTV complaint - WRC

A worker who was called a "negative virus" by his manager and had his hours cut when he objected to CCTV being installed at his workplace without consultation has won €40,000 for whistleblower penalis...

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We are now hiring a Policy, Communications & Public Affairs Manager. tinyurl.com/4vr8cpf4 This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in supporting Community Law & Mediation (CLM) to deliver on its strategic plan.

The latest EPA forecast warns that Ireland remains significantly off track to meet its climate targets.The latest forecast shows that Ireland will achieve at best just half of the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions it is committed by law to make by 2030. 🧵

Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to fall by just half of the amount pledged

Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says

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This National Volunteering Week, we want to say a huge thank you to all of the volunteers who make our work possible. The 99 legal professionals, and 34 MII accredited volunteer mediators and conflict coaches who volunteer their time, are the backbone of our work. #NationalVolunteeringWeek

We are excited to announce Community Law & Mediation’s “EMPLOYMENT LAW training” on Wednesday 8th July 10am-1pm online! REGISTER or find out more below: tinyurl.com/3nnwrn7h Or, email education@communitylawandmediation.ie for further info.

Our Centre for Environmental Justice is running monthly free info and advice clinics on how to address environmental harms. Our 'Health, Home and Your Environment' free info & advice clinic empowers you with the info needed to act for a just solution. lnkd.in/du7NkfaK

CLM is expanding our free mediation services in Wicklow, following new research into local needs. Our work supports people facing conflict through mediation, conflict coaching and community supports. www.independent.ie/county/wickl...

Community Law & Mediation expands free Wicklow services following new research

Community Law & Mediation (CLM) is expanding its free mediation services across Wicklow following new research into unmet mediation needs in Ireland.

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Today, new regulations were published bringing into effect to a scale of fees for environmental judicial reviews. These regulations are just one in a long list of measures this government is pursuing that weakens climate governance & limit public scrutiny by restricting access to judicial review.*

There is still time to register for our free environmental rights talk in Limerick City Library on May 20th! To register or find out more, email education@communitylawandmediation.ie

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Register for Community Law & Mediation’s free "Knowing your Environmental Rights Talk" on Wednesday 20th May 12pm-1pm in Limerick City Library! To register, please contact: education@communitylawandmediation.ie

Protect the ECHR. Protect Peace. We’ve added our name to a joint letter calling on UK & Irish Governments to publicly reaffirm their commitment to the ECHR at the next Council of Europe meeting, and resist any moves that would weaken its protections. www.flac.ie/.../groups-n...

Last Friday, the Oireachtas Committee on Transport published its report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026. data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachta...

Register for Community Law & Mediation’s free "Knowing your Environmental Rights Talk" on Wednesday 20th May 12pm-1pm in Limerick City Library! To register, please contact: education@communitylawandmediation.ie

www.irishtimes.com/environment/... “It is impossible to avoid the conclusion that the Government is attempting to dismantle the Climate Act...without actually amending it, to facilitate emissions-intensive projects that are likely to contribute substantially to the State’s emissions profile.”

Dismantling of climate law will reduce scrutiny of large infrastructure projects

If a State body is seriously proposing to impact on the environment, it should have overriding public interest stitched in from the outset

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Community Law & Mediation is seeking new board members with close links to the communities that CLM works with and for. We are particularly interested in meeting candidates from our local communities in North Dublin and Limerick. To find out more and to apply, visit: boardmatch.ie/board-vacanc...

We are now hiring a Policy, Communications & Public Affairs Manager: tinyurl.com/4vr8cpf4 This is a unique opportunity to play a key role in supporting Community Law & Mediation (CLM) to deliver on its strategic plan.