A rape survivor has urged people who were attacked to come forward instead of staying silent, but admitted that living through the memory of what happened during the hospital examination was “like being raped again”.

The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) is objecting to a proposed change to the code of conduct on mortgage arrears that would allow banks to increase the number of calls they make to distressed customers.

The government bill dealing with the mortgage arrears crisis, due for publication shortly, will see the introduction of non-judicial agreements between banks and their customers in a bid to avoid wide-scale repossessions.

The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) has called on the Government to focus on helping those struggling with debt.

The Free Legal Advice Centre says it has experienced a four-fold increase in the number of people contacting its helpline for money advice in the first half of this year.

The Government has increased the threshold for those who wish to avail of legal aid in civil cases by 40%.

AN Irish baby girl has been locked up behind a barbed wire fence in a detention centre in Britain for more then seven days.

LAWYERS acting on behalf of the two families at the centre of the recent baby loophole Supreme Court ruling were last night urgently seeking a High Court injunction to prevent the families being deported this morning.

Human rights activists have called on the Government to abandon fines proposed in the 2002 Immigration Bill.