Mother ‘didn’t believe son’s broken arm was serious’

A teenage boy looked up online how he could remove a cast from his arm after his abusive mother refused to accept that his injury was serious.

At the family law court in Ennis, social worker for the Child and Family Agency (CFA) Mary Sheehan outlined how the same boy passed out on another occasion when choked by his mother.

Ms Sheehan said that on another occasion a brother of the teen aged under five was left gulping for air after their mother shoved his head into a pillow when he wouldn’t settle.