# "I thought I was a fairly unshockable court reporter til I started attending domestic abuse cases"

An episode of [Brendan O'Connor](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1495060929), 17 Oct 2026, 18 min.

Audio: https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/c7d3b33c-f943-4afb-8665-b0b200e579f7/0b4f3022-f323-4188-80ec-b2ac0167b3d7/d298eab0-edef-4e19-b6ca-b4e600cfd065/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=fdac2904-a57e-4b42-8e2f-b2ac0167b3e5

Mary Carolan is the legal affairs correspondent for the Irish Times. She joins Dearbhail to talk about Dolphin House, a specialised District Court, just on the edge of Temple Bar, that only hears family law matters. She explains the differences between Barring Orders and Protection Orders and shares her insights from attending the court. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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