Parents face probe over son’s four-year absence from school

A Dublin couple, whose son aged 13 has been absent from school for four years, have been warned they risk facing a Garda investigation for neglect and their children could be taken into care.

The man and woman have refused to engage with education and welfare authorities.

They had initially faced prosecution after their elder son, in his mid-teens, failed to return to school from September 2014 to May 2015.