Children alleged to have been stripped and flogged by father to remain in State care

Judge Larkin first granted the Interim Care Order last September after hearing the couple's son told a childcare support co-ordinator 'my dad flogs me with a wire and I have to take my trousers off and it still hurts'

The children's social worker told Judge Larkin that a Garda file concerning the allegations against the father is currently with the DPP. Picture: iStock

A judge has ordered that three young children who are alleged to have been stripped and flogged by their father will remain in State care for a further year.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Mary Larkin extended the Interim Care Order (ICO) for the three children to October 2022 after a Tusla social worker told the judge that the welfare and health of the children would be put at adverse risk if the court didn’t grant the order.