An eight-year-old boy has moved home after a family court judge in England was told he was picking up his mother's "hateful feelings" about his father.

How courts deal with family law cases should be overhauled, with the current system characterised by lengthy waiting lists, overworked judges and out-of-date surroundings, an Oireachtas Committee has heard.

Committee to hear how family law courts are not fit for purpose

A Dublin mother has been given a 21-day suspended sentence after her daughter missed more than 40% of school days over the past two years.

A social worker has told a court that she came across two parents passed out on the couch in the sitting room with two children aged three and six unattended nearby in the home.

Couples seeking to divorce in Ireland are being forced down a punishing route in a complex process that can take anything from twelve to over 18 months, a legal aid conference has heard.

A mother lost the custody of her four-year-old son today in spite of an emotional appeal by her to a judge to hold on to her boy.

A father has told a court that his 10-year old son told him that he has been having suicidal thoughts.

Twenty years ago the Law Reform Commission called for a modernised, effective and accessible family law court structure.

A High Court judge has said there is a "serious flaw" in our legal system when it permits more than €500,000 legal fees to be correctly charged for a woman’s judicial separation.

Ireland's constitution on children's rights and family law is up for debate today.

The man who sparked national headlines by storming the stage of Monday's Rose of Tralee broadcast on RTE says he did so to highlight the inequality and lack of rights facing fathers and fathers-to-be and to break the wall of silence surrounding an issue he believes should be a national scandal.

A new report has called for the establishment of a dedicated Family Law Court in Ireland.

Whether the father of a child was an automatic guardian of his child depended upon his relationship with the mother. The proposed bill would change this, writes Dr Louise Crowley

The State has dragged its feet on regulating in the area of surrogacy and assisted reproduction, writes Louise Crowley