Press Releases and Archive

Launch of the first Annual Report of Voluntary Assistance Scheme of the Bar Council of Ireland

23rd November 2011 - This event marks the 450th case taken by the Voluntary Assistance Scheme, with numbers of cases growing all the time. The scheme, which was founded by the Bar Council to serve unmet legal work which did not fulfil the Legal Aid criteria, has been used by a myriad of NGOs and charities and their clients during its existence...

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Published on 23 November 2011



President McAleese's Speech at the Daniel O'Connell Memorial Lecture. Four Courts - 27th October 2011

President McAleese's Speech at the Daniel O'Connell Memorial Lecture. Four Courts, 27th October 2011. Ladies and Gentlemen "Dia dhíbh a chairde. Tá gliondar croí orm bheith anseo libh um tráthnóna agus ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil libh as bhur gcaoin-chuireadh. Thank you for that very kind welcome and for the chance to deliver the third Daniel O'Connell memorial lecture. My thanks to Paul O'Higgins for inviting me..."

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Published on 28 October 2011