The man in his late 20s, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was charged with breaching the Domestic Violence Act order and refused bail by Judge Maire Conneely on Saturday.

The stay-at-home father, who is in his 50s and moved to Ireland in recent years, pleaded guilty on Wednesday at Dublin District Court to breaching a protection order last September, which had a “harrowing” effect on his terrified wife

The jobless man, in his 30s, who allegedly bragged about having "generous friends" cannot be named for legal reasons.

New crime figures reveal that gardaí responded to calls to attend the scene of a domestic violence incident on 11,675 occasions during the first three months of this year.

Emmet Nolan BL, prosecuting, told Judge Martin Nolan that the case needed to be considered under the Domestic Violence Act 2018 as the woman and Turner were in a relationship at the time.