Children agree to be civil to elderly parents 'in throes of divorce'

Judge Larkin also ordered that Tusla carry out reports into the two cases on the grounds of welfare concerns relating to alleged elder abuse.

As part of a court truce in the bitter family dispute, the adult children gave the undertakings at the Family Law Court in Ennis after the parents also gave undertakings to be civil to the children concerned.

The adult children of a 90-year-old man and his wife in her early 80s who are in the throes of divorce proceedings have given undertakings to court to be civil to their father and mother.

As part of a court truce in the bitter family dispute, the adult children gave the undertakings at the Family Law Court in Ennis after the parents also gave undertakings to be civil to the children concerned.