An elderly woman has been granted a protection order against her granddaughter after she told a court of her “violent and abusive behaviour”.
The woman told Dublin District Family Court that her granddaughter had been living with her over recent months and she had “unprovoked outbursts in the house”.
In a sworn statement to the court, the woman said her granddaughter was also bringing men into her home that she didn’t want there and was also violent towards a boyfriend in front of her.
The woman said one afternoon she knocked on the bedroom door, which her granddaughter was using, and the young woman began screaming at her.
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She said there were other incidents but she previously avoided confrontation with her granddaughter and “went along with things” as she wasn’t in a position to confront her.
The woman said she had made reports to gardaí, who advised her to seek a domestic violence order.
The woman was on Friday granted a protection order on an ex-parte basis (one side represented only) by Judge Gerard Furlong, which prohibits her granddaughter from using or threatening to use violence.
A full hearing, which the woman’s granddaughter is expected to attend, was set for a later date.
In a separate case before the court, a woman was granted an interim barring order against her adult son. In a sworn statement, the woman said: “In the past week I had a stool thrown at me to stop me going to court.”
She said she had spent “hundreds” repairing her kitchen after it was “smashed up” by her son and also had doorbells “taken off the wall”.
The woman said she had been prescribed medication by her GP due to the “stress, worry and fear” caused by her son. She said things had escalated recently to “near daily contact” with An Garda Síochána.
She had obtained a number of domestic violence orders against her son in the past.
She was accompanied by two gardaí in the courtroom who said they were there to support her. Gardaí also told the court the woman’s son was now serving a short prison sentence.
The judge granted the woman an interim barring order on an ex-parte basis, which excludes the man from the family home for eight days, and from watching or being near it.
A full hearing, which the man is expected to attend, was set for later this month. During that hearing, the woman can apply for a barring order for up to three years.
In a separate case, a woman was granted a protection order on an ex-parte basis against her former boyfriend after she said he held her hostage for three hours.
The woman told the court the man, with whom she was in a relationship for five years, had been physically abusing her for years.
In a sworn statement, the woman said that earlier this month her former partner had “slapped me, beat me and held me hostage in my home”.
She said his violent behaviour had escalated during their relationship and she feared for her safety.
The judge noted the woman had not applied for a barring order, which would exclude him from the property, and said her statement was “very serious”.
He said that under the protection order the man was also not allowed to stalk or watch where the woman lived or contact her.
A full hearing was set for a later date.
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