Dr Roisin O’Shea, Partner Arc Mediation and Dr Sinead Conneely, Law Lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology have released findings from their research in the District Court, published in the current issue of the Irish Journal of Family law. Citation: ‘Domestic Violence in the District Court’, Irish Journal of Family […]
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Arc Mediation was invited as one of 12 organisations to make submissions as stakeholders to the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality in relation to reform of the family law system, and in particular looking at the benefits of using mediation to resolve disputes. The committee report was launched today […]
Joint Committee on Justice and Equality recommends mediation for families ...
Dr Roisin O’Shea and colleague Dr Sinead Conneely co-authored a piece on the findings from their research project, ‘Innovative Family Mediation Research Initiative Embedded in the Community’, which has now been published in the U.S. published and Internationally-read Family Court Review, Vol 57 No. 3, Wiley Publishing. For more information […]
Dr Roisin O’Shea published in US Journal

Reform of the Family Law System; Identifying Solutions by ARC founder Dr Róisín O’Shea On the 6thof March 2019 Dr Róisín O’Shea was invited to make an oral submission at Leinster House to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality, and participate in questions and answers with the Committee. […]
ARC’s submission to the Dail Select Committee on Justice & ...

Legal enforceability of a mediated agreement in Ireland
Can a Mediated Agreement be legally binding?
We’d like to make Irish legal and social science researchers aware of an exciting opportunity to carry out a 12 month masters-level research programme, sponsored by the Mediators Institute of Ireland, under the IRC Enterprise Partnership Scheme. The programme will involve an international comparative analysis of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales […]