Creche worker charged with assaulting two-year-old in her care

The judge was told the nature of the alleged assault involved the “pushing down onto a bed and the rough handling a child”.

The woman is charged with wilfully assaulting or ill-treating a child in a manner likely to cause unnecessary injury to the child’s health contrary to Section 246 of the Children’s Act. File image

A creche worker has appeared in court charged with the assault of a two-year-old in her care.

At Gort District Court today, the 29-year-old Galway woman appeared charged with committing the offence of mishandling of a child and ill-treating the child at a premises in Galway on June 21 last.