Mediation is underway in a bid to resolve the dispute between a number of Traveller families and Tipperary County Council over horse accommodation which has prevented the families from moving into six new houses.

Mediation in medical negligence cases is most commonly used to achieve a settlement rather than tend specifically to the wider needs of the plaintiff, writes Mary-Elizabeth Tumelty.

People involved in workplace disputes are not able to take advantage of a new mediation service due to a lack of resources according to a new report.