Five-week-old baby rescued from arms of drunken mother

A FIVE-WEEK-OLD baby who cried hysterically had to be rescued from the arms of his drunken mother and yesterday the woman was given a suspended jail sentence for being drunk and in charge of a child.

Garda Colin Crowley encountered the distressing scene at Lapps Quay, Cork.

Catherine Daly, 30, was drinking in the area in the company of five other people who were also drinking on the street.