Children were very dirty and stank of cat urine

A judge has granted a supervision order to the Child and Family Agency (CFA) after hearing there was a very strong stench of cat urine from five very unkempt, dirty children at their home.

Judge John King granted the supervision order to the CFA for the five children at the Family Law District Court for three months after a senior social worker with the CFA, Stephen Molloy said he was “very shocked” and “deeply distressed” by the living conditions he witnessed at the family home.

Mr Molloy said that on his visit to the home last month, “there were animals everywhere in the home — cats and rabbits”.