If you want to take legal action against your partner, you'll need to find a solicitor specialising in family law to help you. This page explains how to find a solicitor and how you can pay your legal costs.

If you want to prevent your partner coming near your home or behaving in an abusive way towards you, you can take out an interdict against them. This is a court order that bans them from carrying out certain specified actions. If your partner breaks the interdict, they can face a fine or a prison sentence. However, this may not deter them.

You may be able to apply for an exclusion order to keep your partner out of your home, however, this depends on your marital status and who owns or rents your home.

If your partner is abusing you, you may be able to take out a non-harassment order against them. Your partner can face up to five years in prison and/or an unlimited fine if they break it.

Domestic abuse is a crime. If your partner physically or sexually assaults you, you have a right to report them to the police. If the police charge them with an offence, they may be tried and imprisoned or fined.

If you have been injured as a result of domestic abuse, you can apply to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) for compensation.