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Ireland Crime

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Case No. 12998Breach of a protection order · Co. Kildare

Woman seeks barring order from son at Naas court after protection order breaches

A woman appeared at Naas District Court on 5 August 2025 seeking a barring order after her son twice breached a protection order granted on 7 July 2025. Judge Desmond Zaidan criticized gardaí for advising her to seek a barring order herself rather than bringing the man to court to object to bail.

  1. Reportednot reported
  2. Arrestednot reported
  3. Chargednot reported
  4. In court5 Aug
  5. Verdict
  6. Sentenced
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Key facts

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8 statements extracted from the articles
  • whatThe woman's son had twice breached a protection order granted by Naas District Court (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe son was arrested on both occasions of the breach (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whatThe woman was advised by a garda to come to court to seek a barring order (offalyexpress.ie)
  • whenThe protection order was granted on 7 July 2025 (offalyexpress.ie)
  • courtJudge Zaidan said he had given the woman protection until 9 February 2026 (offalyexpress.ie)
  • courtThe judge criticized gardaí for passing the matter back to him (offalyexpress.ie)
  • courtThe judge said gardaí should bring the man to court on a breach and object to bail (offalyexpress.ie)
  • courtThe judge said referring victims to court for a barring order is becoming common practice (offalyexpress.ie)

The reporting

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  1. 5 Aug2025
    In courtoffalyexpress.ie, first report
    Judge criticises gardaí as woman comes to court seeking protection from son

    Judge criticized gardaí for not bringing the man to court on breach of a protection order, instead advising the victim to seek a barring order herself, and described this as 'becoming common practice' because gardaí 'don't want to open a file.'

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