Concern For Families If Family Courts Bill 2022 Is Enacted

Concerns for Family Court users if the Family Courts Bill 2022 is enacted in its current form: At a District Court sitting for family law recently, there were 74 family law cases listed together with a number of criminal matters and a number of child and family agency...

What to Do If You Experience Domestic Abuse in Ireland

Domestic abuse can take many forms. These include physical violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, financial and economic abuse, and coercive control.  Here our Orlagh Sharkey, Head of Family Law, outlines the various steps you can take if you are...

What to Do If You Experience Domestic Abuse in Ireland

Domestic abuse can take many forms. These include physical violence, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, intimidation, financial and economic abuse and coercive control.  Below outlines the various steps you can take if you are experiencing domestic abouse.   If you...

Recognising and Dealing with Coercive Control

Coercive Control is a common and often unseen form of  Domestic Abuse.  Ireland is one of the first countrries in the world to recognise coercive control as an offfence and introduce legislation to protect people from the subtle form of abuse. The article below,...