Ex-husband added to family's years of 'hell and trauma' by contacting them from prison

Despite a court order not to contact his ex-wife, the violent convict caused further distress by 'bombarding' her with letters

53-year-old Michael Quirke of Manor Hills, Rathcormac, Co Cork had been jailed after he pleaded guilty to assault causing harm to Mary Quirke, two counts of threatening to kill her. and one of harassment. File picture: Cork Courts

For a Fermoy woman and her three children, a brutal chapter in their lives came to an end when her husband was jailed for five years for trying to murder her in the family home. 

It ended when the door closed behind Michael Quirke at the Anglesa St courthouse. It was all over now that he had admitted his guilt and he was jailed.