Mother spared jail after 'mitching' son, 15, missed 273 days of school

The mother of a teenage boy, who missed more than 270 days of school, has been spared a jail sentence for neglecting his education.

Mother spared jail after 'mitching' son, 15, missed 273 days of school

The mother of a teenage boy, who missed more than 270 days of school, has been spared a jail sentence for neglecting his education.

Dublin District Court heard a lot of days missed by the now 15-year-old boy were a result of his “mitching”, but that his mother had made negligible efforts to deal with the problem.

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