Facebook messages about paternity test ‘must stop’

A judge yesterday ordered a man to stop posting messages on Facebook about the paternity of a six month old baby girl.

At the Family Law court in Ennis yesterday, Judge Patrick Durcan ordered the Co Clare man cease all direct and indirect contact with his estranged partner who is the mother of the baby.

The two are currently embroiled in a paternity row concerning the baby and Judge Durcan has previously ordered that a paternity test be carried out and called in the gardaí to investigate claims of forgery in the row, with gardaí expected to use a hand- writing expert in their investigation.