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By Shane Dempsey, ARC Partner I was reading an article on Mediate.com which highlighted something we’ve noted for several years. Neurodiversity isn’t an exception in mediation; it’s part of the normal variation of human experience. With an estimated one in seven people being neurodivergent, mediators are called to understand how […]

Neurodiversity in Mediation – Why Inclusive Practice Matters



By Shane Dempsey, ARC Mediation Partner ARC Mediation welcomes the launch of the Child Maintenance Guidelines by Minister Jim O’Callaghan today at the Family Justice Development Forum hosted by the Minister in Dublin. The guidelines emerged as a recommendation of the Dept of Social Protection Child Maintenance Group, which ARC […]

ARC welcomes the launch by the Minister of Child Maintenance ...




The first workplace mediation event took place this week, sponsored by PTSB at their Dublin Head office, and co-ordinated by Sara Mullally of Sustainable HRM Skillnet. There was a full house to hear from experts on Workplace Mediation: early intervention where informal steps do not resolve the dispute; how to […]

Mediating Workplace Disputes: The launch of an information roadshow for ...


Separation and divorce are often framed around what parents need but what about the child’s perspective? CIM offers a different path: one where children are invited in (in age-appropriate & safeguarded ways) to share what matters to them. They can voice their hopes, discuss their routines, acknowledge their fears; without […]

The Benefits of Child Inclusive Mediation