Legal Advice: My husband has started to become violent towards me when he is drunk. What can I do?

You have a number of options, from applying to the courts for a safety order to going for a barring order, writes solicitor Angela O'Connor

If you were to be granted a safety order or a barring order and your husband was to breach the order, he would be guilty of an offence under the Domestic Violence Act 2018 and may have to pay a fine of up to €4,000 or receive a prison sentence of up to 12 months.

Dear Angela 

I need some advice. My husband and I have not been getting on for the past few years.