This is a very interesting divorce case that family mediators should consider when drafting mediation settlements for separation or divorce.

This was an appeal to the High Court as the Circuit Court had refused to grant the decree of divorce where the parties continued to live together in the same house.  Mr Justice Jordan said a couple can be considered as living apart while under the same roof where they are not in an intimate and committed relationship; and that there is nothing in legislation to require parties seeking a divorce to establish they will live in separate dwellings afterwards. 

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2024/01/17/high-court-grants-divorce-to-former-couple-who-continue-to-live-in-same-house/