Five-month-old had ‘skull fracture and bone injuries’

A mother appeared in court yesterday on assault and neglect charges concerning her then five-month-old daughter allegedly sustaining a skull fracture and other bone injuries.

At Killaloe District Court, the Clare woman, aged 21, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was charged with assault causing harm of her baby daughter on two dates last year.

The woman is also charged with wilfully neglecting the child on dates between August 23, 2014, and February 13, 2015.