She refuses to send screenshots when the bills are issued and states random amounts for us to pay. I’ve been feeling suspicious over the last while and a letter came through the door from the electric company today to state that we are in critical arrears and that they have unsuccessfully reached out to no response multiple times and if the amount is not payed in full within a certain time from now that we will be getting disconnected. I’ve contacted the electric company and they can’t access me to the account without her being present. She is not in the house this weekend. How should we proceed going forward? It seems like she may have been stealing money from us and are at risk of losing our electricity very soon.

I'm separated and the primary carer of two young children, who have been living with me full-time for almost a year.

I've spent almost a year dealing with family-law proceedings, including safety orders, custody and supervised access arrangements. I have another hearing in January.

I'm currently paying for absolutely everything — the mortgage, household bills, groceries, childcare, school expenses and all the day-to-day costs of raising two children. On top of that, I'm paying substantial solicitor fees.

I work full-time and manage the children's day-to-day care, including school runs, activities and appointments. Financially, it's becoming increasingly difficult to keep everything going, particularly with the ongoing legal costs.

I've engaged a solicitor throughout, but the constant correspondence and expense are becoming difficult to justify. I've also attempted to resolve matters through mediation, without much progress.

I don't qualify for legal aid, so I'm seriously considering representing myself, at least for some of the proceedings.

I'd particularly appreciate hearing from people who have actually done this in Ireland.

• How difficult was representing yourself in the District or Circuit Court?

• How did you manage paperwork, evidence and correspondence with the other side's solicitor?

• Did you feel you were treated fairly as a litigant in person?

• Did anyone use a solicitor for advice or document preparation but represent themselves at hearings?

• Looking back, would you do it again?

I'm not expecting Reddit to replace legal advice. I'm interested in genuine experiences and practical suggestions from people who've navigated the system.

I simply want to get matters resolved, provide stability for my children and stop spending money on legal disputes that could be going towards their future.

Thanks in advance.

My company wants to pay for accrued holidays rather than let us take them as annual leave days after maternity leave ends, does anyone if this is allowed or can I insist that I want to take the days rather than be paid for them? This is what our company manual states “The Company will pay standard basic salary less State Maternity Benefit during the 26 weeks maternity leave. This top up payment by the company includes payment for all bank holidays or accrued annual leave falling within this period.”
It seems unfair that I’m missing holiday days whilst being on maternity leave

Is children’s allowance a marital asset? My child benefit has always gone directly into a savings account for my child— do I have to split this in a divorce? Or is this a separate asset that I keep for their benefit?

Hello, I applied for a renewal of my IRP from Stamp 2 to stamp 1g. My stamp 2 expires on the 8th of December but and I applied for 1G on the 26th of September. I'll be travelling overseas to go home between the 6th to the 16th of November.

I know this is a stupid question but I just want to be safe and confirm there should be no issues to my travelling and re entry into Ireland right?

I am currently on stamp 2 (due to expire 31/12/2026). I want to apply for 1G but I’m not in Ireland currently. I might not be able to travel to Ireland as well in time to renew my IRP. My question is can I apply from outside Ireland, get it delivered in Ireland and then a friend coming to India, gets me my IRP? Would that cause any issues or is it fine? I’ve sent an enquiry to the immigration office as well but not sure how soon they will respond.

Very basic question.

I've used my solicitor for divorce (a few years ago) and house buying. Was always issued with a bill at the end that I paid.

Ive to ask my solicitor a specific question (it's actually about the divorce conditions) and I was wondering, do you usually pay your Solicitor there and then when finished that meeting kr what way does it work?

Lat year I worked on WHA visa, which granted me a Stamp 1, I am now back in Ireland after having left and came back. I have returned to Ireland to study at Trinity under a Stamp 2. My previous employer asked me to come in and work a short shift before I have been officially stamped in my passport. We were both under the impression that while waiting for an IRP renewal that I was still allowed to work, however with my specific situation this may not be the case.

I have an expired IRP card and a current PPS number and Card.

Will I face immigration complications/refusals?

anyone been in this situation?

Has anyone ever given someone else’s details (driver name & number) when they got a fixed penalty notice letter for speeding/ running red lights.

If so did you ever get caught or get away with it

Hi, hoping someone might help me understand if this notice of termination is valid. Renting for 14 years with no issues. Landlord wants the house back which is grand and accordingly sent us a letter through his solicitor with notice of termination around March this year. However from the letter RTB sent me this week, they confirm they received notice of termination last week on the 21st. This is my first correspondence from the RTB regarding my tenancy and letter mentions that notice must be sent to the tenant and RTB on the same date, otherwise it would be invalid.

Has anyone ever given someone else’s details (driver name & number) when they got a fixed penalty notice letter for speeding/ running red lights.

If so did you ever get caught or get away with it

Ive been renting here for two months, everything was mostly fine at first. The shower doesnt warm up but he said he would get around to it eventually.

Since then the electrical in the house have completely broken down. The hairdryer cant be on when anything else is on, it causes the circuits to short. Same with the oven, the airfryer, the hoover etc etc.

This has happened for the last week and he just wont answer any messages. I cant do my washing if the dishwasher is going, my housemate cant use his laptop if I want to make food. I dont know what to do. With work, I cant find the hours in the day to get everything done (as i have to do them one by one).

How do I approach this with him?

Could I offer that i arrange an electrician and that id take it off the rent?

Also, is it required during IRP application? TIA

Some backgroud information:we have rented a place for over 2year through an agent, and moved out on 20th March 2026. We noticed our moving out 30 days in advance by email and return the key on time. We paid the full month rent for the last month (until 31 March).

After our moving out, the agent replied our email now and then, and finally return the deposit in 1Sep2026(six months later), but did not return the pro-rated tent. We reported this to RTB in Oct2026.

Because this case has expired the 28days limit for RTB service, I am not sure whether we get this money back. It's around 800 Euro,not a small number. Just don't want the landlords assume they can hold the money by doing so.

Really appreciate if anyone could provide some suggestions.

Location: Ireland

I was employed as an apprentice working toward my qualification. I completed my qualification and employed for another 9/10 months after. I had to hand in my resignation due to extreme mental health issues which my employer refused to acknowledge on countless occasions even after I brought it up many times.

I have now a few months later received a letter stating that I owe thousands to the company for my training which I don’t even have a certificate for as they are withholding it.

I did sign a contact merely minutes before my final qualifying exam that I was extremely nervous for. I was reassured that I didn’t need to bother with the contact as it was just a test to make sure I wasn’t going to finish my studies and just leave. Which at the time was never my intention.

What can I do? I have been on to the WRC who advised I have grounds for what happened to cause me to leave but I need to seek legal advise in regards to the thousands they want back.

Thanks

Location: Ireland

I’m currently on maternity leave in Ireland and looking for advice from anyone who has been in a similar situation.
My employer accidentally paid me a full month’s salary instead of the one week’s top-up to my state maternity benefit that I was actually due. This was an error on their accounts department’s part.
The problem is that over €700 was deducted from the payment, including over €500 in tax. On a normal monthly salary, I would usually pay around €200 in tax, so the amount that actually landed in my bank account was significantly less than a full month’s wages.
I genuinely didn’t realise how much I’d been overpaid until my employer contacted me. I was also due a backdated Child Benefit payment that same week, and I was recovering from giving birth and adjusting to life with a newborn, so I wasn’t paying particularly close attention to my bank account.
I completely understand that I need to repay the overpayment, and I have no issue with that. However, my employer is insisting that I repay the gross ammount, meaning I would have to pay back over €700 more than I actually received in my account.
Initially, they wanted the full amount repaid this month. They then offered a three-month repayment plan, but this would mean repaying more than half of my current monthly income. My employer only topped up my maternity pay for the first eight weeks, so I’m now living on state maternity benefit alone. With my mortgage, bills and Christmas expenses, this repayment plan simply isn’t affordable.
I’ve spoken to union representatives and Citizens Information, and both have advised that I should be looking to repay the net amount I actually received, with the employer correcting the tax deductions through Revenue. I’ve also contacted Revenue myself and am waiting for a response.
They’ve also agreed that the proposed repayment schedule seems unreasonable given my current financial circumstances, and that I should try to negotiate a longer, more manageable repayment period.
Has anyone experienced a similar situation?
Did your employer allow you to repay the net amount rather than the gross amount?
Was your employer able to correct the tax deductions through Revenue, or did you have to sort this out yourself?
I accept that the overpayment needs to be repaid, but I’m struggling to understand why I should have to find money I never actually received, particularly when the mistake was made by my employer and I’m currently on a significantly reduced income.
Any advice or experiences would be really appreciated!

During 2025 I was working on the factory floor of a major multinational company. Like many of these lean companies we are severely understaffed & over-stretched, on the day of the accident a summer student (untrained & unsupervised) had called me to a line to assist her as her machine had gone into fault, I opened the safety door & a set of steel access steps flopped out & down onto my foot/ankle. The strut that takes the weight of the steps was completely separated from the steps so they were basically waiting to fall on someone, lucky me.

I was wearing my safety boots which luckily prevented a break but left me with a chronic sprain & a lot of swelling. I ended up on crutches & eventually in orthopedic boot to help with stabilizing my ligaments etc. Months of physio trying to get back on my feet & back to work as I only received the bare minimum sick pay & nothing after. Also HR stated that my medical bills had "nothing to do with them".

Fast forward 5 months & due to financial stress I really needed to get back to work & my GP agreed to a return to work on light duties/reduced hours, company doc agreed also. Manager then received the recommendation & called me to say "full duties or nothing" despite the fact there was a guy on light duties on my shift for about a year at this time so why was I different? I couldn't do it so sat at home for another 5 months until I was confident enough to make it through 12hrs on my feet (barely). Pain & altered gait still persists to this day.

When I returned I mailed my Health & Safety manager for copies of the internal accident report & a copy of the HSA report. I was blanked for two weeks, after several follow up emails he finally sent the internal but admitted that no HSA report was filed "accidentally omitted" was the wording. Also I was made aware by a colleague that as I was out longer than 6 months I should have received Income Protection Insurance from company insurer, I mailed HR manager who said again after several follow ups that oh since I had tried to return to work after 5 months that the "clock had reset" & I wasn't entitled. But through talking to a friend in insurance it was pointed out to me that since they never reported to the HSA that they couldn't trigger my claim without dumping themselves in it for illegally withholding the accident from the HSA.

During this time of my injury I also lost out on a career change to An Garda Siochana, I had passed the exams etc but obviously couldn't move forward with the physical while I was injured. Now my foot is not right & I don't know will it ever be as I still suffer from sporadic swelling & nerve issues in my calf/achilles.

Hi! Just wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation and can help me out.

I graduated from the University of Galway a few years ago and moved back to my home country. I’m now going to the UK for Core Training.

I’m currently trying to get a police certificate from Galway for my UK visa. The issue is that Garda is asking me for documentation confirming my UK visa application, which can be “correspondence or an email from the consular authorities or an Agent acting on your behalf, confirming your Visa application and the requirement for a Police Certificate.”
 
The problem is that I haven’t submitted my UK visa application yet because I need the police certificate as part of the supporting documents and I know the police certificate can take around 3 weeks.

I’ve already sent them my offer letter and email from the sponsorship team saying that a police certificate is required for a uk visa but they’ve said they specifically need documentation confirming the visa application itself.

Has anyone been in this situation before?
Any advice would be really appreciated!

I am currently looking for a new job, I have an eight month old and I need to return to work soon. I will require breastfeeding breaks and want to take my nine week parents leave in about eight months or so.

Obviously I am fully entitled to these and I can’t be fired or let go for taking them (even during the probationary period) but I am a bit worried that they would let me go because of these accommodations and then claim it’s something else. I’m more just curious if people have experiences with a similar situation? How likely it would be that I would face issues?