Mediation service for couples closes down with no warning

A STATE-FUNDED mediation service in Waterford for couples who have decided to separate or divorce has been closed down with no warning given to scores of people on a nine-month waiting list.

A notice put up on the door of the Family Mediation Service, run by the Family Support Agency (FSA), informed the public the service had been moved to Wexford.

The Wexford office, where two part-time mediators work two days a week, already had a six-month waiting list.