Father’s horrific ill-treatment of infant revealed

INJURIES inflicted on a four-month-old boy by his father, in Co Kerry, could have been fatal and were described as “very serious” by Judge Carroll Moran at the Circuit Criminal Court, in Tralee, yesterday.

The child sustained injuries over a six-week period in the home he shared with his young parents, who were not able to cope with a baby, the court heard.

The father, then 24, became irritated with the child’s crying, especially when he had drink and drugs consumed, stated Sgt Miriam Mulhall Nolan, of Killarney, who investigated the case.