|
June 2007 -
Legal Aid Board launches revised website
The Legal Aid Board is pleased to announce that it will launch its revised and upgraded website this afternoon (4 pm).
This revised website fulfils the Board’s commitment in its Corporate Plan to upgrade its website.
Key improvements to the website following this upgrade include:
> Greater user friendliness
> Easier navigation
> Enhanced information on the Board’s services
> Downloadable application forms
> Improved access to Board publications, including leaflets, annual reports, the Board’s corporate plan, the Customer Charter and the Customer Service Action Plan.
>A full Irish language version
>Detailed contact information for the Board’s Law Centres, Refugee Legal Service Offices, Refugee Documentation Centre, Private Practitioner Centre, and Head Office
>Detailed location maps for law centres
>Email contact address for Head Office (info@legalaidboard.ie)
>Links to other relevant websites, including government websites
The web site is more user friendly, and enables easier access to information about the Board’s services than the previous web site. All of the Board’s information leaflets are available in both Irish and English. It also includes a downloadable version of the the application forms for the Board services, together with information on financial eligibility. The site provides easy access to recent events such as press releases and publications, as well as more detailed contact information - including maps - for the law centres, offices of the Refugee Legal Services, the Refugee Documentation Centre and the Head Office. The site contains the Civil Legal Aid Act, 1995 and the Civil Legal Aid Regulations (which are made pursuant to the Act) as well as links to other relevant government agencies. Email contact facilities are available and an Irish version of the web site is available.
The web site address is as follows: www.legalaidboard.ie
Enquiries to Feargal O’Brolchain at 087-2071264.
Office telephone: 01-6469615.
19th June 2007 | 
