Couple avoid jail after agreeing to leave Limerick apartment within four weeks

Property owner claimed couple had repeatedly refused to leave and had wrongfully been paying rent to the apartment's former owner

Judge said he had every sympathy for the couple and their two young children, and expressed his concerns the defendants were being 'used to serve the interests of somebody else'.

A couple has avoided being jailed for contempt after they agreed before the High Court to comply with orders to leave the Limerick apartment where they have been living for several years.

Jordan Mitchell and Dinicka Ryan gave sworn undertakings before Mr Justice Mark Sanfey on Tuesday to vacate 9B Ballycummin Village, Raheen, Co Limerick, within the next four weeks.