Young children found in 'horrific' condition in Cork taxi

A four-year-old boy and his one-and-a-half-year-old sister were described as being in a ‘horrific’ condition when gardaí first saw them in a taxi and their mother appeared to be “out of it”.

Young children found in 'horrific' condition in Cork taxi

A four-year-old boy and his one-and-a-half-year-old sister were described as being in a ‘horrific’ condition when gardaí first saw them in a taxi and their mother appeared to be “out of it”.

These allegations were made in the trial of the children’s 33-year-old mother who is accused of wilfully ill-treating, neglecting, abandoning or exposing the children to unnecessary suffering after 8pm on August 10, 2017. She denied the charge at Cork District Court.

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