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The Clare Champion’s Dan Danaher has won a Merit Award at the National Justice Media Awards for special report on the family law courts. Mr Danaher won the award in the Print and Online Journalism category for a story entitled “Clare woman seeks reform of family law courts which ‘bankrupt’ victims”. “I am thrilled to win a Merit Award at the Justice Media Awards. I am very grateful to the Clare woman who shared what was a very distressing experience of emotional abuse,” he said. “She highlighted the upset trying to deal with the legal system seeking a divorce which cost in the region of €200,000. She felt retraumatised by the legal letters that came through her letter box. When her husband superseded her with papers, she felt he was in control and experienced a torrid time until she eventually proved her case.” Commenting on the story, the judging panel commended the work of Mr Danaher. “This special report outlined …
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