Guides & Insights

Mediation in Ireland, explained plainly — twenty honest guides.

Process & the Act

Is Mediation Legally Binding in Ireland?

The process is not; the outcome can be. Where the line sits, and why it is drawn there.

Process & the Act

What Actually Happens on a Mediation Day

Hour by hour - and the misconception that puts people off before they start.

Process & the Act

Section 14: What Your Solicitor Must Tell You

The statutory declaration behind every set of Irish proceedings, and what it actually means for you.

Process & the Act

Can I Be Forced to Mediate?

No - but refusing is no longer free. What courts can do, and what refusal can cost.

Process & the Act

What If Mediation Fails?

Nothing said can be used against you, every right survives - and why the day is rarely wasted.

OMC & Property

Service Charge Arrears: the Mediation Route

Cannot pay, will not pay, or disputing it - three problems wearing the same number.

OMC & Property

Directors vs Members: Cooling an OMC Civil War

When the AGM becomes a hearing and the volunteers start resigning - the room that stops it.

OMC & Property

Developer Handover Disputes & Mediation

Common areas, unfinished works, defects and documents - the package that litigation cannot build.

OMC & Property

The Sinking Fund Row

Every argument about a special levy is really an argument about trust. Here is how to resolve both.

OMC & Property

Commercial Landlord & Tenant Mediation in Practice

Arrears, dilapidations, breaks and renewals - and why enforcing is often the expensive option.

Business & Shareholder

Shareholder Deadlock: the Room Before the Courtroom

What a mediation can build that a section 212 petition never could.

Business & Shareholder

The Family Company Dispute

Two layers in one room: the commercial terms, and the twenty-year conversation nobody has had.

Business & Shareholder

Construction Disputes: Mediate Mid-Project

Mutual dependence is leverage. Why the best moment is while everyone still needs the job finished.

Business & Shareholder

The Contract Relationship Worth Saving

One question decides the whole strategy - and it is not who is right.

Business & Shareholder

Mediation Clauses: the Cheapest Dispute You Never Have

Deciding to talk, in advance, while everyone is still getting along.

People & Legacy

The Farm Succession Dispute

The asset a judgment cannot divide, and the conversation that should happen while everyone is alive.

People & Legacy

Contesting a Will vs Mediating an Estate

The costs myth that empties estates - and what a room can allocate that a court cannot.

People & Legacy

Workplace Mediation Before the WRC

Most claims were a fixable conversation months earlier. Where the room fits, and where it does not.

People & Legacy

The Professional Partnership Breakup

Clients, covenants, valuation and twenty years of adjacent offices - separated properly.

People & Legacy

Choosing a Mediator: What Actually Matters

Beyond the credentials list - the four things that genuinely decide whether a mediation works.

General information, not legal advice. The content of this website is general information about mediation and Irish law. It is not legal advice and does not create a solicitor—client relationship. Every dispute turns on its own facts, and advice on yours requires a consultation.

The mediator is not your legal adviser. Where Mary Molloy Solicitors is appointed as mediator, the mediator is neutral: the mediator acts for no party, advises no party, and does not decide the dispute. All parties are encouraged to take independent legal advice, and in particular to take advice before signing any mediation settlement. The firm does not act as mediator in any dispute in which it acts, or has acted, for a party — conflicts are checked before any appointment is accepted. Where the firm is instructed as solicitor for one party in a mediation, it acts for that party alone and does not act as mediator in that dispute.

Fees. Fees for mediation are agreed in writing with all parties before the mediation begins, and fees for legal services are agreed in writing with the client at the outset. In contentious business, a solicitor may not calculate fees or other charges as a percentage or proportion of any award or settlement.

Tax. Nothing on this website is tax advice. Where a dispute or its resolution has tax consequences — succession, business transfers, property, compensation payments — those questions belong with your accountant or tax adviser and with Revenue’s own guidance, and are best addressed before any settlement is signed.