A mother who said she “can’t talk properly” because her adult son broke her nose and fractured her jaw got an interim barring order against him. She previously obtained a barring order against her son and this time wanted a three-year barring order, she said. He asked the woman to return to court in January when her application for a full barring order will be heard. Noting the father’s protection order was made returnable to February, the judge listed the woman’s summons seeking a protection order on that date, saying both matters would be heard together. She had not met the threshold for an emergency protection order to be made at this stage, he told the woman.

Source: The Irish Times December 24, 2025 04:44 UTC