Mum dropped baby boy on tiled floor and left him loose in car

A baby was dropped on a tiled floor by his drunken mother and in another incident weeks later she put him in a child seat in a car without securing him and he was seriously injured again.

The infant has since been diagnosed with severe mental disability as a result of which he will never be capable of attending mainstream schooling or independent living. He is over two years of age now and has yet to say his first word.

These matters came to light during a hearing at Cork Circuit Criminal Court where the infant’s mother faced sentencing on two charges of intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the baby, once in February and once in March last year. The mother cannot be named as it would identify the child, whose name cannot be disclosed publicly.