Care order mum ‘wants to get away from drugs’

The mother of a baby born 10 weeks prematurely, who the new Child and Family Agency wants to place in foster care, has claimed she reversed her decision to have the child in Dublin after witnessing an expectant mother and her partner inject heroin in a hospital.

The boy, born on Oct 3 last weighing just 2lb, is being cared for in the hospital where he was born, outside of Dublin. He is the subject of an interim care order which runs out tomorrow and the CFA wishes to secure a six-month care order with limited parental access to the child.

In contrast, the parents have offered to work under a supervision order, which would mean their care of the child would be regularly monitored.