The application was heard at the emergency domestic violence court in Dolphin House, Dublin, on Friday. Photograph: Stephen Collins/CollinsA man who left his family home over alleged sustained physical and emotional abuse by his former partner, including knife cuts to his face and arms, got a protection order against her. “I was covering for her,” he told Judge Gerard Furlong at the emergency domestic violence court in Dolphin House, Dublin. In another case, the judge granted an interim barring order to a woman against her ex-partner. The order, made ex parte, was returnable before the judge on Friday, when the daughter was entitled to attend.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2026 15:01 UTC