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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 18376Breach of protection order · Co. Clare

Immersion switch breaches of undertakings at family law hearing

A County Clare man was involved in a dispute with his wife that began with a shower row on the morning of a child's Confirmation in May 2023. In January 2024 he was found guilty in the criminal district court of breaching a protection order against his wife and was given a two-month suspended prison term, with a condition that he not enter her bedroom. Each spouse has a temporary protection order against the other, and the couple are separated but still live with their children in the family home. At a Family Law Court hearing on 7 February 2024, the husband's solicitor said the immersion switch had been turned off at least twice in breach of undertakings, and the judge adjourned the case to the next month to allow the wife to attend.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court7 Feb
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

consolidated from all reports
What happened
A County Clare man was found guilty of breaching a protection order against his wife.
Cause
The breach arose from a shower row between the couple on the morning of a child's Confirmation in May 2023.
When
The conviction and suspended sentence were reported as having been handed down in January 2024.
In court
  • Judge Adrian Harris found the man guilty in the criminal district court.
  • Each spouse has a temporary protection order against the other.
  • Judge Alec Gabbett adjourned the case to the next month to allow the wife to attend.
Sentence
  • The man received a two-month suspended prison term.
  • A condition of the suspended sentence is that the man must not enter his wife's bedroom.
Where
The couple are separated but continue to live with their children in the family home.
Other details
At a Family Law Court hearing on 7 February 2024, the husband's solicitor, Lorraine O'Callaghan Daly, told Judge Alec Gabbett that the immersion switch had been turned off at least twice in breach of undertakings.
8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe husband received a two-month suspended prison term for a breach of a protection order. (limerickpost.ie)
  • causeThe suspended sentence arose from a shower row between the couple. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe County Clare man was found guilty of breaching the protection order in the criminal district court. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtEach spouse has a temporary protection order against the other. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe couple are separated but still live with their children in the family home. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe husband's solicitor said the immersion switch had been turned off at least twice, in breach of undertakings. (limerickpost.ie)
  • courtThe judge adjourned the case to the next month to allow the wife to attend. (limerickpost.ie)
  • sentenceThe judge ordered the man not to enter his wife's bedroom as a condition of the suspended sentence. (limerickpost.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 7 Feb2024
    In courtlimerickpost.ie, first report
    Immersion switch leads to breach of court order

    Reports the family law hearing over alleged breaches of undertakings about an immersion switch. The protection order conviction and suspended sentence are background from an earlier hearing.

    convicted, male