Does anyone know anything about Irish law with regards to barring orders?

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I want to file for a barring order for my mother who won't leave me alone despite me asking her hundreds of times to stop contacting me. She showed up at my house yesterday when we weren't here, she would have thought I'd have been on my own with the kids as she came while dh should have been in work but he's off this week. If I'd have been home she'd have put me in a really, really awkward position.

I messaged her last night and asked her to please not come to my house again and please stop contacting me to which she responded that she can go where she likes and that I'm crazy for telling her not to. I know it sounds so stupid, she came to drop in loads of gifts (which will be going to the charity shop) with letters attached about how much she misses us and I probably sound ridiculous but I just want her to l leave me alone. I don't want gifts from her trying to guilt me into speaking to her and I don't want her at my house or trying to contact me and my partner all the time. It's really affecting my mental health as it's been going on years now.

Anything I Google talks about domestic violence I can't find anything that talks about circumstances such as these and I don't want to go to the police or whatever with it incase they laugh me out of the place (that's what she's told me they'll do btw)

Thanks in advance. Please try to be kind I don't need any comments about how she's my mother and I'll feel bad when she's dead or whatever. They aren't helpful.

You have to ask a solicitor. Not being smart, but there's no way an English forum will have accurate information.

Yes, this is an English forum but perhaps the Craicnet section (just above Legal) may have someone who can guide you.

Barring orders are for people who live in the house. What you're describing is someone harassing you. A barring order can remove someone from the house, but your mother isn't meant to be in the house.

I'm not sure whether a safety order would apply in your case: she doesn't sound like she's threatening violence. It sounds like what she's doing is harassing you. I would be tempted to call your local Garda station and ask if there's someone you can talk to about harrassment/stalking. I think unless you get someone who specialises in it, you may not get the best response - granny just dropping off presents, that kind of thing. You could speak to a solicitor. But this is harassment, not domestic violence, as she doesn't live with you, and funnily enough while laws have been amended so abusive adult children can be included in safety orders I'm not sure if they apply the other way around.