179 school days missed

The mother of a teenage girl who missed 179 school days in two years has been fined €200 by Judge John O’Neill at Dublin District Court.

179 school days missed

The woman pleaded guilty to breaking the Education (Welfare) Act for not complying with an official warning requiring her to ensure her child went to school.

Dorothy Ware, for the Child and Family Agency (CFA), asked Judge O’Neill to finalise the case because the girl will turn 16 shortly.

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