Mediation Research


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





ARC Mediators have contributed to a new book on Family Mediation.  ‘Family Mediation: Contemporary issues’, published by Bloomsbury Professional on May 18th 2020, provides a contemporary account of current practice developments and research concerning family mediation in Ireland and the UK. Chapter 4, ‘Family mediation: the Irish perspective’ has been co-authored by […]

New Book on Family Mediation


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