Dublin District Family Court

One son lives with mother and is violent and aggressive, family court hears

Man had row with son in his early 50s during which he thought he would ‘get a few smacks’

Fearful father secures protection order; estranged wife tells hearing of menacing husband

Woman tells family court ‘I cannot even walk to the shops’ due to man’s behaviour

Family court grants couple protection order against adult son with mental-health issues

Woman tells hearing that son has drug problems and comes to her house ‘at all hours’

Dublin District Family Court told of sustained assault at knifepoint two weeks ago

Courting Disaster calling on Government to fund a dedicated court in Dublin city centre

Protection order granted as woman also says partner scares one of their children

Court hears the man ‘hit, kicked, punched and tried to strangle’ wife of 10 years

Court hears she and their two children were ‘terrified of him’ in their family home

He ‘bit me on the top of my head’, woman tells judge

Girl’s mother tells access hearing she nearly lost sight in an eye after attack by the man

Family court: Fearful father tells court he feels intimidated by son’s ‘violent tempers’

Mother before Dublin District Family Court for breaching access order

Those accessing State’s family courts have to avail of the ‘Cinderella service’ of the legal system, says Dr Geoffrey Shannon