Domestic Violence

A woman who was denied social housing after fleeing her home due to domestic violence has been granted leave to bring judicial review proceedings against Tipperary County Council. The woman, who can not be named due to court-ordered reporting restrictions, is a client of Mercy Law Resource Centre an

Practitioners have welcomed the commencement of legislation allowing for victims of stalking to apply to the District Court for a civil order to prohibit such behaviour continuing. Keith Walsh, solicitor and co-author of the award-winning book Domestic Violence Law in Ireland, told Irish Legal News