Mary Molloy Solicitors practises family law from 2 Rose Inn Street in Kilkenny city, with a second office in Dublin. The family law practice concentrates on separations where the financial questions are substantial: farms and land, private companies, pension wealth, trusts and inherited property, alongside the maintenance, children's and process work that every family case involves.
Richard O'Shea, Solicitor, TEP
The family law practice is led by Richard O'Shea, Solicitor. Richard is a TEP, a full member of STEP, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, the professional body for practitioners in trusts, estates and succession. That credential is directly relevant to asset-heavy family law: cases involving inherited farms, family settlements, expected inheritances and the interaction of divorce with succession rights sit exactly at the junction of the two disciplines, and this practice advises with both in the room.
Richard also holds the Law Society of Ireland's Diploma in Mediation. Under the Mediation Act 2017 every client must receive advice about mediation before family proceedings issue; here that advice is given from training as well as obligation, and the recommendation on process, mediation, solicitor-led negotiation or court, is treated as seriously as any advice on the substance of the case.
How the practice works
Financial family law cases are won on preparation: complete disclosure, properly instructed valuations, and settlement proposals that are costed and credible. The practice's method reflects that: an early and honest assessment of the realistic range of outcomes, disclosure done thoroughly on our own side and pressed rigorously on the other, and engagement with settlement at the moments when the information is complete enough to settle well. Litigation is conducted where it is needed, in the Circuit Family Court on the South Eastern Circuit and in the High Court, without ever losing sight of what the contest is costing the family that must live on afterwards.
All enquiries are handled in strict confidence. Consultations are available at the Kilkenny office or by telephone, and can be arranged through the contact page.