Free legal advice gone as demand for help trebles

THE demand by people in North Galway for free legal advice in relation to dealing with their financial problems has more than trebled.
However, cash-strapped families are finding it even tougher to get help fighting their debt-related legal battles as the Tuam Free Legal Advice Centre has been closed since last year.
People asking for help to deal with legal threats and court actions regarding credit and debt issues accounted for the largest percentage of enquiries to the Tuam centre last year.
While the figures indicate a drop in the numbers using the service, the full extent of the demand for free legal advice in the region is difficult to ascertain because it wasn’t available for all of 2013.
The Tuam Herald understands that the Tuam centre, the only FLAC outside of Galway city, stopped its monthly service late last year and as yet there is no indication as to when it will resume.

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