Man 'misled' court to get barring order against his child's mother

Mother 'traumatised' by summons awarded €14k costs by judge following father's failure to reveal all facts to the court

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A judge has claimed a man "misled" the court when he sought a barring order against the mother of his child, leading to her having the summons served on her by gardaí on the island where she worked.

Judge James McNulty, in a written judgement seen by the Irish Examiner, makes the unusual order of awarding costs to the mother after writing of the father's "failure to honour the oath which he took to tell the truth and the whole truth".