Alcoholic father gets suspended sentence for leaving daughters in guesthouse to go drinking and hitting one of them

A 37-year-old Cork man with an alcohol problem admitted taking his two children to a guesthouse in Kerry and then leaving them alone when he went out drinking – only to return and hit one of them a number of times.

The defendant before Cork District Court for sentencing on counts of child cruelty against both daughters cannot be named as it would identify the victims.