Wife secures interim barring order against allegedly abusive husband
A Dublin court has granted an interim barring order to a woman alleging severe physical and emotional abuse by her husband. The judge urged the victim to file a formal complaint with the gardaí given the gravity of the threats.
Why it matters
The case highlights the ongoing issue of domestic violence and the legal mechanisms available for protection in Ireland.
A distressed woman who alleged her husband hit her in the face, tried to strangle her, threatened several times to kill her and said she “killed the baby” after she suffered miscarriages, got a barring order against him.
She was “terrified” to go home after returning to Ireland in recent days from a trip to see her family and is staying with a friend, the woman told the emergency domestic violence court at Dolphin House, Dublin.
They married some years ago and she has experienced physical, sexual, financial and emotional abuse during the marriage, she said.
Earlier this month, just before she left their house to visit her home country, her husband hit her in the face with his hand, “put his hands around my throat and tried to strangle me, and grabbed my arm so hard I had significant bruising”, she told Judge Gerard Furlong.
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