This article shows the attitude being taken by the courts to Covid '19 being used as a way to avoid access by parents to their children. The issue of Parental Alienation is a huge concern for some  parents. For further reading on the subject please visit the news section of my website where I have [...]

The great success of Mediation has long been acknowledged within the Meditation community. It is great to see yet more services using Mediation to such great success in this case The Financial Services & Pension Ombudsman. The Financial Services & Pension Ombudsman (FSPO) released figures for 2019. The figures show that 983 of the 1,399 [...]

Parental alienation is explained in this article on the subject. The ways in which Covid '19 is being used to avoid parent having correct or any access to children are many and varied. This is a worrying trend.   https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/parenting/parents-are-being-eradicated-from-the-lives-of-their-children-for-no-good-reason-1.3947575

Susan is from Bandon in West Cork, so while Appelbe Mediation provide Mediation services Nationwide much of the  Mediation  business is from Cork and in particular the West Cork areas of Bandon, Dunmanway, Clonaklity, Skibbereen and on  the Beara peninsula and Castletownbere. Prior to her work as a Mediator, Susan worked in P.J. O’ Driscolls [...]

The following is an extract from the guidelines from the law society about family law during Covid 19 Family & Child Law Committee Guidelines during Covid-19 Family law, by its very nature, is stressful for couples whose relationship has broken down. This stress is exacerbated exponentially in the current climate of Covid-19. A number of issues have arisen and [...]