Tag Archives: Clare family law

A man has told the court that two ex-girlfriends he was seeing at the same time each obtained Protection Orders against him in the courts as they were ‘jealous’ and ‘angry’. At the Family Law Court, the man stated that he still loves the woman he was with for eight years but “never loved” the other woman he was with for less than one year. The man said that after he finished with the woman he was in a relationship for less than one year “she was looking to destroy me from every side”. The man said that the woman then made contact with the other woman he was in a relationship with for eight years through Facebook. Asked why they obtained Protection Orders against him, the man said that the two women were “angry” and “jealous”. He said: “They were never friends. At the start between them, it was ‘you whore’, ‘you bitch’ and now they are best friends.” …

A JUDGE has issued a jail threat to a farmer after stating that he prioritised spending €5,000 on feed for his animals ahead of providing for his two children. At the Family Law Court, Judge John King said that the farmer spending the €5,000 he received in forestry grant payments this year on animal feed and not on his child maintenance arrears “is a clear contempt of court”. Solicitor, Pamela Clancy for the man’s ex-wife and mother of their two children told Judge King that the last time they were in court in March, the man owed at the time €1,257 “and there have been only sporadic payments since”. Ms Clancy told Judge King that the court ordered weekly maintenance is €75. Judge King told the farmer, “I think you are playing games. I think if I sent you to jail for contempt until such time as when you discharge the arrears, the games would end.” The farmer denied that …