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 […]
Yearly Archives: 2019
ARC offer a 32 Hour “Separating Couples” course for aspiring family mediators. The course is accredited by the Mediators Institute of Ireland (MII) and enables a previously-accredited mediator to be listed as a “Family Mediator” on the MII directory. The most common way for someone to be accredited as a […]
Why do the 32 Hour Family Mediation Training with ARC ...

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 ...

ARC Mediation will be involved in the Waterford Chamber of Commerce’ Regional Leaders Programme again for the 2019/20 enrolment. The programme features group and individual mentors who provide assistance, guidance and support to other Chamber members. As the Waterford Chamber CEO, Gerard Hurley, explained “The programme is designed to develop […]
Regional Leaders Programme 2019/20
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
Time and time again, we hear from parties in dispute that they don’t want to be in the room with the other party but still want mediation. While, it can be advantageous for shared understanding & relationship repair for parties to discuss their issues in the same room, it’s not […]