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There Was A 29% In Applications For Divorce Last Year.

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There was only a 5 per cent increase in 2019.

There was a 29 per cent increase in applications for divorce last year.

Nearly 5,300 were lodged with the courts, compared to less than 4,100 the previous year.

There was only a 5 per cent increase in 2019.

Consultant psychiatrist Patricia Casey lives in Punchestown and is of the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin

She believes last year's rise was pandemic-related

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Professor Casey says the pandemic was a factor in last year's increase

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