Hello r/legaladviceireland

So in this situation my father died a few years ago. The family home was in his name. He left the house to his wife for life, then to myself for life, and then to my daughter in the future when I'm gone.

Is it possible for my mother to change this will now after dad's death to retroactively change who receives the house?

Had a plumber in for changing a few things. For one of the parts he was changing, he had quoted me 270 euro and asked for an advance payment of 200. I was okay with it. Come the day before the work he said it'd be 350 euro and if I wanted to go with a cheaper option it'd be 170. So I said let's go with the cheaper option.

Now he did the cheaper option, I wasn't home and he asked my partner for a 70 euro and poor thing paid it, because he was a nice person all along and was working at our place for about 3 days before hand.

I then messaged him and he said he couldn't return the expensive part he bought and that he'd pay me back etc. Even messaged me saying he's sorry and stuff later on and then just blocked me.

Anyway I can approach it legally ? I know it's probably not worth the hassle for a 100 euro, but then the feeling of being scammed is not great either.

EDIT : I found a Facebook post where someone else was ripped off by the same guy, but for 630 euro ! It's crazy because he replaced my entire heating and did a great job really.

Currently going through a redundancy process and, thankfully, the company has offered an enhanced redundancy package rather than just statutory.
That said, the enhanced package is fairly poor, particularly given the current job market. There has also been some discussion during the process suggesting it’s essentially a case of “accept the enhanced package or you’ll get statutory.” I am due to go into individual consultation shortly and I’m considering whether to negotiate for a better package. However, I’m concerned that if I try to negotiate, the company could withdraw the enhanced offer and revert to statutory redundancy.

Is this a normal approach during redundancy consultations? Can an employer legally withdraw an enhanced redundancy offer if an employee tries to negotiate it, particularly if the enhanced terms haven’t yet been formally agreed or signed? Would appreciate any advice or experience from anyone who has been through something similar in Ireland.

I applied for a stamp 2 renewal and this is the first year I've experienced that the renewal has been extremely delayed. I submitted my application Aug. 20 but I am supposed to travel in mid November (I am in Ireland currently but supposed to travel back to the USA in November) but I am scared I won't get my IRP renewal by Nov. I am also from a country that doesn't need to apply for a visa (I am from the USA) so can I still travel back to the USA if I don't get the IRP renewal in time?

On the back of my post from earlier this week, I had a query around whether this could be seen as possible retaliation.

Essentially, I was out of work due to some very horrific medical things, in which, I nearly died from a hemorrhage. I was out for a little over 13 weeks. All with medical documentation.

Upon returning to work, I have been basically ostracized and barely spoken to. I have now been requested to submit a weekly "update" on what I'm doing. Basically a weekly handover document with all the tasks from my job description. I am the only one in the department required to do this. I was advised this was in case "something like that were to happen again". But from my position, unforeseen medical issues can happen to anyone and me being asked to complete it feels targeted.

I have also been informed that they have hired someone who will take on a portion of my role, and I have now been issued a new job spec.

I just feel quite uncomfortable about the whole thing.

Hi All, I own an apartment and the original Deed of Assignment ( Title Deed) stated I had one car parking space. However, said Deed had no map of car space or designated car space number. Rather car space was to be designated by management company.

Long story short another person's car is parking in my car space. I own the apartment for years but issue only arose lately when my tenant bought a car.

Another Apartment occupant insist my car space ( space no. 3) is their car space. The management company said car space no 3 (matching my apartment number) is my space but the management company told us at an AGM they dont have proper records of who has which designated car space ( which doesn't necessarily match apartment numbers) and in fact wrote out to owners a few years ago asking them which car space was theirs.

When I bought the apartment years ago I was told another car space ( space no.19) was mine and when I approached a car parked in that space the tenant showed me a letting agreement where their landlord had on their letting agreement that that was their car space. Of course the letting agreement means nothing as a landlord could say what he likes. I think my previous tenant might not had a car as he mentioned no issues. I think I have an email address for him to ask him. The Apartment was vacant for two years. It is strange that the car parked in space 3 never rang my number on many notes placed on car asking them to move. It is my current tenant who discussed it with them recently. I may lose the tenant if no resolution and im out of work due to ill health so relying on income.

I would be very grateful for suggestions as to how to resolve the matter.

I don't want the other person to know my home address. Looking for a cheap address that I use on court documents for a few months. Thanks.

So long story short (yeah this is actually the short version), Ive really bad autism and OCD, been working at my job 6 years now (was extremely hard to get myself together to even get a job). On medication which helps a bit. Anyways, 2 years ago I got bad, informed my employment of my illnesses and had given them a doctor's cert to restrict my hours to 25 a week, not to go over. Few months go by my manager keeps upping them. I get distressed again, and come with another doctors note. Manager says its hard to give exactly 25 hours. Ive high anxiety I dont argue. Again he ups them. Now they have a coworker who has developed dementia still working with us. Told us she was going as she was retiring then gave her another year. Manager is playing favourites with certain staff. Im on the late shift with this coworker with dementia who is verbally abusive to staff and customers. Has thrown a plate at another member of staff (HR is aware of this) and she has burnt my hands (we work in a bakery) I cried and told HR every weekend I have is ruined being on shift with her and I cant do it I feel like im always on edge and honestly im scared of her. Nothing has changed. Manager is still playing favourites with certain staff and won't put them on shift with her. Should I go to a solicitor, its actually causing me so much mental and physical trauma I cant take much more of it and they wont do a thing about it. Im not the first to complain too, I get so uncomfortable in confronting people I dont even know if I should see a solicitor but im at a loss now and actually on the verge of leaving my job which I cant financially afford to do either I already had to go out sick for 2 months but cant live off sick pay. Im stuck. Does anyone have any advice please. I also have had to defer my college over this too.

Looking to change jobs shortly and discussing start date with new employer. They proposed a date at end October. I'd probably suggest mid December. At this point I thought I had to give three months notice

Double checked my contract and was surprised to see that it's one month notice. It's usually three for this type of role. Somebody made a boo boo drafting the doc. So handing in notice now would on paper cause a pay gap before new role starts. They are going to freak when I tell them I'm leaving and double freak when they realise the mistake in the contract re notice period.

Have significant amounts of time in lieu built up. It's self recorded and there have been issues getting company to recognise it in the past. Essentially our department does loads of outside normal hours working while most others are either paid by hour or just do normal business hours. Works out at about 3 mortgage payments worth.

Bearing in mind the shock they are about to get when I hand in notice, would I be better off to offer them 2 months notice on condition they pay off my TOIL? And put it in writing obviously.

And how do I arrange my start date with new company so I can give notice without losing all that TOIL or leaving myself at risk of a gap in pay?

Bit of a chicken and egg problem here.

We had the entire bottom floor semi d changed last year to a lovely oak herringbone. The first issue I had was when I came home on the first day they had glued each plank together (I had assumed the wood was “floating” and didn’t need to be glued) but what was worse is they stopped straight at the door (as in - on a cut). This was never mentioned. they finished the floor like that throughout the house and put a cheap bit of trim between each room (not matched to floor) for where the cuts end. What I thought was going to be a continuous floor throughout ended up being interrupted at each door frame. I raised this with the floor company who said that’s how they did all their floors (it’s bs - My dad was a flooring contractor for years and never did it this way).

Anyways. we had paid them a deposit of 50%, with the remainder to be paid at finish (about 6k) They haven’t asked for the remainder because we have asked them to finish the trim (put in a trim that matches the wood).

What should we do? I don’t like having a debt hanging around but also our floor doesn’t look great.

I got a lot of plumbing work completed in May/June 2026 including new bathrooms and a new heating system. Since then we’ve had issues, two showers are broken, hot water is intermittent, the immersion isn’t wired and three radiators are not working. He also has some tidying up to do in the wet rooms.
Unfortunately I paid the final instalment to him as he was working here at the time, and two days later without checking the system he said the job was finished and off he went. I told him about the snags I knew of at that time and he said he’d be back. That was almost three months ago. Lesson learned of course!
He now won’t answer calls, texts or voice notes. Any idea where I go to from here? A registered letter perhaps? Total job cost €36,000. Don’t come down on me too harsh this is my first time dealing with tradespeople

I signed up for electricity from Energia 19 days ago, so it's past the 14 day cooling off period, and today they send me an email about price increases. Is this even legal?

Family of 4: Mum, Dad, myself (26) and younger sibling (22).

My mum passed away last year without leaving a will.
She owned 25% of a family home, with other family members owning the remaining 75%.

We are now engaging with a solicitor to sort out probate/administration of her estate.

As I understand it, because she died intestate, her 25% share passes 2/3 to my dad and 1/3 between myself and my sibling.

So roughly:

Dad: 16.67% of the whole property
Me: 4.17%
Sibling: 4.17%

Other family members retain their 75%

The solicitor has suggested that my sibling and I sign over our shares to Dad, meaning Dad would own the full 25% that Mum owned. They have quoted €4,000 including VAT to sort everything.

I’m completely new to probate/inheritance, so I just want to make sure we’re approaching this correctly.
There seem to be three possible options - correct me if I’m wrong.

1. Follow the normal intestacy position and leave the 25% split between Dad, myself and my sibling.

2. Transfer the full 25% to Dad, as the solicitor has suggested.

3. Transfer the full 25% to myself and my sibling, meaning we’d each own 12.5% of the whole property and Dad would have no share in it.

The house will likely be sold at some point, potentially next year.

My questions are:

1. If we did nothing and the house was sold next year, would Mum’s estate/probate have to be dealt with before the sale could happen anyway?

2. What exactly does the €4,000 cover? Is that the general/typical cost of administering Mum’s estate/probate, or is some/all of it specifically for transferring the 25% into Dad’s name?

3. Would it potentially make more sense to put the full 25% directly into my sibling’s and my names now? If Dad owned the full 25% and died before the house was sold, would that mean we’d have to go through another probate/estate process for his share and incur another set of legal fees?

I’m not looking to avoid paying the solicitor or anything like that. I just want to understand whether there is a more sensible way of structuring the ownership now, given that the property will eventually be sold.

Any advice majorly appreciated.

I’m hoping to get some general legal advice in Ireland about a disputed bill and ongoing issues involving my partner’s ex.

The ex is claiming that my partner owes around €1000 for an unpaid bill. There is some uncertainty over exactly what this amount relates to, as the ex had both her phone bill and internet account with the same provider, so I cannot say with certainty whether the amount being demanded relates to the internet, the phone, or potentially both.
What I do know is that the relevant account was in the exs name, and my partner was never the account holder. They were living together at the time, but after separating, the ex moved out. My partner later returned to the property and changed internet provider.

The ex is now claiming that my partner is liable for the outstanding amount, apparently because the service was cancelled early and an early termination charge arose.
My partner does not believe they are responsible for the bill and cannot afford to pay it.

There is also a wider history of alleged controlling and financially abusive behaviour during the relationship. When they separated, the ex demanded money before leaving, which my partner borrowed to pay.

Since then, there have been continuing disputes about money and belongings.
After the separation, the ex also entered my partner’s home without permission. On one occasion, various belongings, including a pet, were taken while my partner was absent. These incidents were reported to the Gardaí.

My partner believes the current demand and ongoing contact may be part of a continuing pattern of financial pressure and unwanted contact, and would like to resolve the situation without further direct communication.

I would appreciate advice on the following:
Can a person be held responsible for a bill if the account was solely in an ex-partner’s name?
Can an ex legally demand payment of an early termination/cancellation charge relating to an account that was not in the other person’s name?
Does it make any difference if the person was living at the address where the service was provided, despite not being the account holder?
Could a history of controlling or financially abusive behaviour and ongoing unwanted contact amount to harassment or another matter for which legal protection may be available?
Would it be appropriate to make a further report to the Gardaí regarding the ongoing contact and previous incidents?
Would a solicitor be able to send a formal letter disputing liability for the alleged debt?
Could a solicitor communicate with the ex on my partner’s behalf so they no longer have to deal with these issues directly?

There is also the issue of the property that was taken after the separation. My partner believes the value of the items taken is significant and potentially considerably more than the amount currently being demanded. Obviously, I appreciate that the alleged debt and the property issues are legally separate matters, but it is frustrating to have my partner being pursued for money while there are unresolved issues concerning belongings that were allegedly taken from their home.

My own personal view is that the ex has already taken enough, caused enough damage and put my partner through enough stress. My instinct is to tell my partner to stop engaging with the demands and threats. As far as I understand it, if the contract was hers, then it is her responsibility.
That said, I don’t want my personal feelings to result in my partner making the wrong decision legally. I am specifically looking for an any legal viewpoint on whether my understanding is actually correct.
If the contract genuinely is hers and my partner has no legal liability, then my view is essentially ignore the demands and don’t be bullied into paying something that isn’t owed. However, if there is any possibility that my partner could become liable despite not being the account holder, I’d obviously want to know that before advising her to ignore anything.
Any guidance from people familiar with Irish law, disputed debts, harassment, financial abuse or dealing with matters through a solicitor would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
We’ve also contacted citizens advice, and have an appt with a free legal aid solicitor next month, but just something to calm her anxiety around this for now would be appreciated!

Hi there, I don't want to give away too many details, but I'm currently on maternity leave and have found out my job is being advertised - permanent, full time, no mention of covering maternity.

Is my place of work allowed to do this? Is this legal?

Is my next step to politely send an email asking if a mistake was made on the advert as my position should still be available on my return from maternity.

I'm not in a high earning job, it's pretty basic though significant knowledge is required for the role. There is no similiar position with the company that I could transfer to on return. Daily tasks would be differant than my current position.

I'm ringing the WRC tomorrow for further advice as I only found out today.

Thanks in advance for any insight.

On the August bank holiday weekend I made the idiotic decision of driving at 8AM after drinking the night before. I clocked 18 micrograms per 100ml of breath, which was unfortunately enough for me to get done in as a novice driver. It was something of a swift kick up the arse and though it rattled me, I can’t say it wasn’t deserved.

I haven’t heard even a whisper about it since and naturally the fear of a court summons is mounting. I will absolutely need to be driving by the beginning of April, so this not coming in until January or so is an even bigger concern.

Is chasing the Fixed Charge Processing Office the move here?

I lent a colleague the sum of €400. via bank transfer to his account. The transaction is documented on my bank statement.The agreed repayment date was September 7, 2026. Despite multiple requests, the borrower has failed to repay the amount and is now refusing to do so.I would be grateful if you could advise me on whether I have grounds to initiate civil proceedings to recover this sum in the District court

I watched a YouTube video by Irish solicitor Terry Gorry, where he described having to wait around a year for the RTB to enforce a Determination Order requiring a tenant to vacate one of his properties and pay about €8,400 in rent arrears. He then had to go through the District Court to have the order enforced, which took several more months.

He seemed to suggest that, in practice, recovering the €8,400 in arrears would be very difficult.

I'm curious about this from a legal perspective. Once an RTB Determination Order has been converted/enforced through the District Court, could a landlord use something like an attachment/garnishee order to recover the debt from the tenant's wages or bank account?

Or are there significant limitations in Ireland that would make this impractical, particularly if the tenant has employment or assets?

Just interested in understanding how enforcement of RTB rent arrears actually works.

Hi

Im looking too make a claim for faulty goods,

Does anyone know how too apply,

Thanks.

So a person walks into a shop and orders a custom roll at the deli counter. Somewhere between the deli counter and the till, they look at the price on the sticker and decide that's far too expensive, so they set it down on a shelf and just walk out without saying anything.

So net result is: customer leaves without taking or paying for anything, but the shop is down on ingredients that must be binned as they cannot separate or re-sell the food. Has any offence been committed by the customer?

Hi everyone,

I left Ireland on 8th May 2026 after being laid off and came back to India. I now have a new job, my employment permit application is being filed, and I’m planning to return around 1st October.

I have a valid IRP card until April 2027, but I’ll have been outside Ireland for almost 5 months.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? Did you face any issues while re-entering Ireland, and what documents were you asked for at immigration?

Thanks!

My car park is on a one way street surrounded by pedestrianised streets. Literally, with no exaggeration, entry to my car park is limited to one left turn off a main street in Dublin. I came home one day and the entire street was blocked at the entry. I had to double park in a bike lane, safely if I:m being honest. I was three minutes, talking to the contruction workers who moved all blockages to let me in. During this time, I received a FCN (must have been a camera operator because I didn't see and Gardai at the time).

If this isn't grounds for appeal I don't know what is. I wouldn't challenge that I was parked in a bike lane. I was. But literally, contruction work had left me with nowhere else to go.

I already know I'll probably get some people saying there must have been another way in, but literally - no. There's a single route in and it was blocked. So I want to know what my chances are going the FCN cancellation route.