Judge deploys new stalking law in case against Co Clare woman

The judge made the order under Section 28 4(c) of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 which allows a court impose on a person suspected of stalking an exclusion order from their victim’s home, education, or workplace

Judge Gabbett said this is the first time he has received such an application and may be the first one of its kind in the State.

A judge has deployed a new law aimed at dealing with alleged stalking by ordering a Co Clare woman not to go within 500 metres of her ex-husband’s home.

At Ennis District Court, Judge Alec Gabbett made the restraining order on the woman under new legislation that only came into force last week.