Judge orders investigation into living conditions for children

The grandfather has exclusive access to a bathroom in the house and this, the court heard, results in one other household member "taking showers in the middle of the night to accommodate the living arrangements”.

 A judge has ordered an independent investigation into the welfare of children who are living in a home that is ‘not a madhouse’.

At the Family Law Court in Ennis, Judge Mary Larkin ordered the report to be undertaken by the Child & Family Agency (CFA) after hearing of the living conditions at the home where two grandparents live in designated parts of the home and have agreed not to enter each other’s bedrooms or bathrooms.