Dad with €69k salary ordered to pay children's maintenance arrears accrued since 2015

Judge Mary Larkin said: “This man...can afford to shop in Dunnes Stores and Tesco every second day”.

A court order has been in place since December 2014 that the man pay €600 per month in maintenance to his estranged partner for their three children. File picture: iStock

A father earning €69,000 per annum has made no maintenance payments for his three children since 2015, a court has heard.

After examining statements concerning the man's income and spending, Judge Mary Larkin told the Family Law Court in Ennis today that “this man is well off. He can afford to shop in Dunnes Stores and Tesco every second day”.