Anne Rudd (90) from Terenure is recovering today after a difficult day in court, during which she agreed to remove a satellite dish from her house.
She was prosecuted by Dublin City Council for failing to remove the unauthorised dish within the required time after an enforcement notice was served earlier this year.
It looks like she will now be left with the legal fees of €1,500.
Daughter Anne Claxton told UTV Ireland she thinks her Mother will suffer the effects of her ordeal, once it has sunk in:
Her Mother spoke about what it felt like to receive the summons while she was at home on her own:
The satellite dish - a birthday present to the senior citizen - has now been removed.
Patricia Rickard Clarke, solicitor and former law reform commissioner told Newstalk.com's Breakfast show the justice system is blind to age:
