Mum’s arrest ordered after son misses school

A judge has ordered the arrest of a mother who admitted she “put her head in the sand” while her 11-year-old child missed 133 school days last year.

The child wants to go to school but his mother “is dragging him down”, Judge John O’Neill said yesterday as he issued a bench warrant.

The woman is facing prosecution by the Child and Family Agency at Dublin District Court as a result of the massive number of school days her son missed.