i'm 18, so legally she has no say over what i do anymore. It's those younger than me i'm worried about, and i'm not gonna subject myself or any of the kids to abuse like that again. She's not stepping foot inside the house cos the first thing she'll do is go ape after my dad's gf of 4 years. And if my dad wants a divorce, she can and will make him pay for both him and her and she'll take my dad to the cleaners as some people would say. My dad can't afford that plus he's recovering from a heart attack, he's only 45, he doesn't need another one!

Anyway, social services have been contacted, and they're searching for some sort of loophole in the irish family law that they can take advantage of.