A “cruel, violent, pathetic” mother who subjected four of her children to “a horrific catalogue of abuse” for years has walked free from court. Judge Gerald Keys told Ennis Circuit Court on Monday he could not see any benefit in jailing the 47-year-old woman. Instead, Judge Keys imposed four three year suspended sentences on the mother to run concurrently for the cruelty and neglect of the children. The woman pleaded guilty to ill-treating and neglecting the four children over a 30 month period between October 2012 and April 2015. Currently, the woman is allowed supervised access with three of her children by TUSLA and only the youngest wishes to meet her.

Source: The Irish Times May 21, 2018 20:44 UTC