Father tells court he did not know his son had been circumcised
*The matter was before the Family Law Court. A FATHER has told a court that he only became aware that his young son was circumcised when getting him ready for bed one night.
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Estranged gay couple in court fight over access to two children
*The case came before the Family Law Court in Ennis. AN ESTRANGED gay couple are engaged in a court battle over access to two young children fathered by one of the men.
Five year Safety Order granted to Clare woman after Valentines Day card arrives from Limerick prison inmate
*Two letters were received by the woman while the man has been in prison. A SAFETY order has been granted to a woman against a prison inmate with a history of violence against women after she received two letters from him while in prison.
Mother found smoking crack cocaine barred from family home for one year
*The barring order followed a seven-day interim barring order. A MOTHER found smoking crack cocaine in her bedroom with her three-year-old boy present in the house has been barred from the family home for one year.
Interim barring order granted after mother found smoking crack cocaine while three year old son was at home
*The case has been adjourned to Thursday. A JUDGE has granted an Interim Barring Order (IBO) to a man to have his wife, and mother of their children, removed from the family home after the man found her smoking crack cocaine with a pipe in their bedroom with their three year old boy present in …
Judge surprised that Valentine’s Day card from man with history of violence against women got through prison censors
*The recipient of the card said she is terrified. A JUDGE has stated that he is surprised that Irish Prison Service censors permitted two letters, including a Valentine’s Day Card to be sent out by an inmate to an ex-partner.
Grieving father rejects judge’s proposal that ashes of dead child be split between him and ex-partner
*The matter came before the Family Law Court. A GRIEVING father has rejected a judge’s proposal that the ashes of his late young little child be split between himself and his estranged partner, the child’s mother.
Judge tells ‘immersion’ couple that they are ‘arguing over silly things’
*The warring couple have been before the Family Law Court on numerous occasions. A JUDGE has stated that a couple are “arguing over silly things” after being told that a wife has allegedly breached sworn undertakings given to court in relation to the use of an immersion switch in the €400,000 family home.
Clare man tells court he found about late farmer brother’s funeral arrangements on local radio
*The sitting took place in The Family Law Court. A MAN has told a court that finding out about his late brother’s funeral arrangements on his local radio station’s obituaries ‘put the hat on it altogether’.
Mother made her daughter write out “terribly elaborate and grossly inappropriate (false) sexual allegations” in 40 entries in diary against her father
*The father was awarded sole custody. A MOTHER made her daughter write out “terribly elaborate and grossly inappropriate sexual allegations in a diary” against her father, a court has heard.