Your mam and dad will go to jail, judge warns truant teens

A judge warned two teenagers that their parents will be going to jail unless they start attending school.

In one case at Ennis District Court, Judge Patrick Durcan told a 14-year old schoolgirl with an absenteeism rate of 78% that if she doesn’t start attending school “your mam and dad will go to jail”.

In the second case where a 13-year-old boy has a 90% rate of absenteeism, Judge Durcan told the boy that he was playing ‘pookey’ with the court.