Neglectful mother has application to reactivate suspended sentence adjourned

A chronic heroin addict whose baby son was found with burns, cuts and bruises while lying in a bedroom that had “evidence of drug use” has had a State application to reactivate her suspended sentence adjourned.

The 40-year-old woman, who is also the mother of six other children and cannot be named for legal reasons, had pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to wilfully neglecting the child on December 16, 2005.