family law


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 […]

Masters by research opportunity – Child Inclusive Mediation


Dr Roisin O’Shea, researcher and Partner in Arc Mediation, and her colleague Dr Sinead Conneely, law lecturer at Waterford Institute of Technology, as experts in the field of mediation, have been contracted by Bloomsbury to contribute a chapter to a book entitled ‘Family Mediation: Contemporary Issues’. The book will be […]

ARC Partner contributing to International review of Family Mediation


Shane Dempsey, Dr Roisin O'Shea and Dr Sinead Conneely of ARC with the Canadian Ambassador Kevin Vickers and May of South Dublin Paul Fogarty
An exciting new research initiative has been launched by Canadian Ambassador Kevin Vickers in South County Dublin, offering means-tested family mediation to parents and their children in their communities. Ambassador Vicker’s presence reflected the support-from and exchange of ideas-with Canadian mediators and judges that have informed our research project to […]

Canadian Ambassador Launches The Family Mediation Project in Dublin




For over 7 years, ARC has offered a private family mediation service to clients within Ireland. While the majority of the more than 700 clients who have used our service have been based in the South East of Ireland, we have also worked with clients in Galway, Athlone, Longford, Kerry, Tipperary, […]

Why attend private Family Mediation with ARC?


Dr Roisin O’ Shea, founding partner of ARC,  has been Invited to speak on the Irish context for family justice and family dispute resolution at an international modern family justice consultation at St George’s House Windsor Castle. The conference is organised by Relate and is titled: “Modern families, modern family […]

Dr. O’Shea invited to speak at International Family Justice Consultation