Father kicked his kids’ toys on Christmas Day

A judge has told a father who kicked his kids’ toys on Christmas Day he has a problem that is not sufficiently under control.

At a family court sitting in Ennis, Judge Patrick Durcan granted a safety order for two years to the children’s mother and the children against the dad.

In court, the father admitted: “I do have a temper, but I manage to control it. I have a very short fuse. I go from zero to 10 in one second. When it is released, it is over and done with.”