'She walks up a busy, dangerous road to get drink' mother tells Kildare court about her alcoholic daughter

A woman told Naas District Court her daughter is an alcoholic and “walks up a busy and dangerous road to get drink.”

She sought protection from the court and said her daughter, who was not present or represented, is an alcoholic who gets very violent and “I’ve had the gardaí out many times.”

The court heard that the daughter, who lives nearby, had broken windows and “bashed up the back yard.”

She also claimed she had been alcoholic for ten years.

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The woman, who was accompanied to court by another of her children, said the daughter had been roaring and shouting at her and was stopped by her boyfriend. She said the daughter had punched her in the face and struck her in the head with a toy.

The daughter, she alleged, has hit her a number of times and made threats and she was afraid for her safety.

“I have to keep the doors locked.”

The court also heard that she had been advised by the gardaí to get a safety order but Judge Desmond Zaidan commented that if the woman was assaulted the gardaí should act because “it’s a criminal offence.”

He granted an interim protection order and adjourned the case to October 12.