Two men have appeared before Ennis District Family Court with competing claims that they are the father of a two-year-old girl.
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The men, a former boyfriend and current husband of the mother, have both applied for guardianship of the toddler, and both agreed to undertake DNA tests to determine which is her father.
The husband does not have automatic guardianship as he married his wife after the child was born.
The trio cannot be named for legal reasons, and Judge Patrick Durcan remanded what he described as "an unusual case" to January 15, to allow DNA tests to take place.