Drug addicted mother admits allowing child to be 'ill-treated'

A mother who allowed her two-year-old son to be ill-treated by another person had to be persuaded to bring her child to hospital and repeatedly lied about what happened to him, a court has heard.

Medical staff at Tallaght Hospital called gardaí after they discovered extensive bruising to the toddler's face, ears, back, buttocks, thighs and genital area when the woman brought him there in February 2017.