Clare County Council has become the 14th local authority in the country to pass a motion calling on the government to deem parental alienation a form of child abuse.
The phenomenon describes a process through which a child becomes estranged from a parent as the result of the psychological manipulation of another parent.
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Clare County Council is now to request that the Departments of Health, Justice and Children and Youth Affairs formally recognise this is a form of child abuse and make it a criminal offence punishable by law.
Ennis Fine Gael Councillor Mary Howard put the motion before the local authority and says it’s going to take a collective effort to get the law changed:
