'Son wants me to go into a nursing home so he can rent out rooms in my house', woman (80s) tells Kildare court

A woman, aged in her 80s, told Naas District Court that her son is abusive to her.

The woman, who has health issues and who was accompanied by a social worker, claimed her son uses a particular word to describe her which she would not repeat.

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Judge Desmond Zaidan noted that in a written statement prepared by the woman in advance of the case, she said he had called her a “selfish c…”.

She said she had asked him to move out several times but he replied he had nowhere to go, though she said he had recently bought a house elsewhere in the country.

The woman said she is frightened of her son, who did not appear and was not represented, and she suspected he had taken money from her handbag and items from the house.

She further alleged he hides her handbag and he wants her to go into a nursing home and he will then rent out rooms in her house.

The woman also alleged he had physically abused her husband using an iron bar and had assaulted another sibling with a chair.

Judge Desmond Zaidan granted her an interim protection order.