Mother-of-eight secures barring order against ex-partner over coercive control

Woman accused of sleeping with other men and called 'a whore and prostitute' in front of their children.

The woman told the court her ex-partner 'hasn’t stopped trying to make me cry and breaking me down constantly in front of my kids'. Picture: iStock

A judge has granted a barring order for five years to a mother of eight children after finding that her ex-partner engaged in coercive control.

At the Family Law court in Ennis, the woman stated that her ex-partner accused her of sleeping with other men and called her "a whore and prostitute" in front of their children.