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Ennis woman subjected to ‘savage and unprovoked attack’ by husband at home in front of two young children

*Ennis Courthouse AN ENNIS woman subjected to an alleged “savage and unprovoked attack” by her husband in front of their two young children at the family home has told a court “I love him to bits”. At Ennis District Court, the woman in the witness box described her 39 year old husband as “a family …

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Office worker in tears after stating ex-boyfriend has humiliated her by posting intimate profile online – ‘His only goal is to ruin my life’

A CLARE woman has broken down in tears in court after saying that her ex-boyfriend has shamed her and humiliated her by posting intimate photos of her on fake social media profile accounts he created. At the Family Law Court in Ennis, the office worker said that “I couldn’t leave the house” after the pictures …

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Judge says coercively controlled wife is in a situation ‘like falling in love with your kidnapper’

A JUDGE has remarked that a woman who was allegedly very coercively controlled by her husband in a very long marriage was in a situation of “falling in love with your kidnapper to a certain degree”. At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett made his comment before granting the woman a Protection Order under …

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Judge says woman’s claim over brother planting secret recording device in her car ‘is particularly sinister’

A JUDGE has described as ‘particularly sinister’ a claim by a woman that her brother secretly placed a recording device in her car. At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett told the woman that there are specialist Gardaí who deal with such allegations before granting her a domestic violence Protection Order against her brother. …

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